[The Great Lakes and the Ohio, ca. 1800]

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[The Great Lakes and the Ohio, ca. 1800]

ca. 1800

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-WCL1IC-X-575%5DWCL000678

Finished, colored map showing the water systems north and east of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The Great Lakes, with the exception of Lake Superior, are shown in their entirety, with the western part of Lake Superior missing. A number of the largest forts are identified. It has been suggested that this map is associated with John Graves Simcoe, and it is similar in style to those drawn by his wife, Elizabeth Simcoe.

1 ms. map : col. ; 47.8 x 47.5 cm.

eng, Latn

William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma, 1762-1850

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Elizabeth Simcoe was born Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim in 1762, the daughter of Thomas Gwillim and Elizabeth Spinkes. Thomas Gwillim died seven months before the birth of Elizabeth; her mother died in childbirth. Elizabeth was raised by her mother's sister, Margaret, and her husband, Admiral Samuel Graves. She met John Graves Simcoe through this connection; Simcoe was the godson of Admiral Graves, and stayed with the Graves family on his return to England from America in 1781. In 1782, Elizabeth a...