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Complete Record for Item NS4 M31.1.10

Core Fields

Title:The United States of America laid down... agreeable to the Peace of 1783
Item Type:Maps
Date:1783
Call Number NS4 M31.1.10

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Wallis, John

Creator Information (Organization)

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Notes

Local_note: recto inscription: "Presented to the N.Y. Historical Soc. by J. Barnitz Bacon 1858."
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 48 x 57 cm
Local_note: accompanied by: A) page from Life magazine (5 June 1939) discussing the 1783 map as part of a pictorial essay
Medium: black ink with color wash additions on paper, backed with cloth
General_note: the first printed map known to bear the nation's standard; it appeared five months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris and indicated the national boundaries established by same; title is flanked by likeness of Washington (?) and Franklin attended by Greek females

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Canada

East (U.S.)

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