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Complete Record for Item 2N L4.3.14

Core Fields

Title:A map of the boundary line explored in 1817
Item Type:Maps
Date:1821
Union Title Canada-U.S. border surveys pursuant to the Treaty of Ghent (1814)
Call Number 2N L4.3.14

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Burnham, Hiram

Creator Information (Organization)

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Notes

General_note: The original map had been made by John Johnson, U.S. Surveyor. This copy was "filed with the report [signed] S. Hale Secy."
General_note: verso: "1"
Extent: 1 manuscript map
Dimensions: 114 x 27 cm.
Collection: American Series
Medium: black ink on tracing paper, backed with paper
Added_person: Johnson, John
General_note: Two series of maps were prepared ca. 1820 for the disputed-boundary negotiations that took place in 1824: the 10-map British series (NYHS maps 2461-2465 and 2500-2504, with a uniform database title "Disputed Maine-Quebec boundary in the 1783 Treaty of Paris") and the 27-map American series (NYHS maps 4200-4217, 4784-4753, and 8937-8939, with a uniform database title "Canada-U.S. border surveys, pursuant to the Treaty of Ghent")--q.v.

Geographic Location: [Linked to other records with the same Location]

Maine

New Brunswick (Canada)

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