A Map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads distances limits and extent of the settlements ... / Jno. Mitchell ; true copy Hiram Burnham. [ca. 1821]

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A Map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads distances limits and extent of the settlements ... / Jno. Mitchell ; true copy Hiram Burnham. [ca. 1821]

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Collection of traced maps, all based on a portion of a 1755 printed original. Copies bearing an inked numeral on their versos likely were drawn by Agents of the United States. Copies bearing an inked letter on their versos likely were drawn by agents of the British government. Others may have been drawn by the Americans after their receipt of the British reply.

5 maps : ms., col. on tracing paper ; 49 x 85 cm. or smaller.

New-York Historical Society

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Mitchell, John, 1711-1768

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Physician and artist. From the description of Papers of John Mitchell, 1745-1749. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454577 John Mitchell (1711-1768), Virginia born and Edinburgh educated physician, botanist, and cartographer, the author of the Mitchell Map (1755). He moved from Virginia to London in 1746, and in November 1748 elected to the Royal Society. From the description of Letter from John Mitchell to Cadwallader Colden, London 1749, Mar. 25. (Huntington Lib...

Burnham, Hiram.

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