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Complete Record for Item 2N L4.3.16

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Title:Map of the country explored in the years 1817, 1818, 1819 & 1820 by order of the commissioners under the 5th article of the Treaty of Ghent
Item Type:Maps
Date:1824
Union Title Canada-U.S. border surveys, pursuant to the Treat of Ghent (1814)
Call Number 2N L4.3.16

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Burnham, Hiram

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Notes

General_note: "This map is one of the general maps referred to in the proceedings of the board on the 2d day of October 1824 as to the filing of which the commissioners differed in opinions . . ."
General_note: inset: section exhibiting the different elevations through the "Grand Portage"
Extent: 1 manuscript map
Dimensions: 116 x 72 cm.
Collection: American Series
Medium: black ink and color wash on tracing paper, backed with paper
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

Quebec Province (Canada)

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