Research Catalog

Title

An improved map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan / by John Farmer ; V. Balch and S. Stiles, engravers, N.Y.

Author

Farmer, John, 1798-1859

Publication

[Detroit, Mich.] : [John Farmer], 1831.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Balch, Vistus, 1799-1884
• Stiles, Samuel, 1796-1861

Description

1 map : hand colored; 52 x 87 cm, on sheet 53 x 89 cm

Alternative Title

• Map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US103.1.04

Subject

• Michigan > Maps
• Michigan > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Lower Peninsula (Mich.) > Maps
• Mackinac, Straits of (Mich.) > Maps
• Saint Ignace (Mich.) > Maps
• Grant County (Wis.) > Maps
• Green Bay (Wis.) > Maps
• Mackinac Island (Mich.) > Maps
• Lake Huron > Straits of Mackinac
• Michigan
• Michigan > Mackinac Island
• Michigan > Saint Ignace
• Wisconsin > Grant County
• Wisconsin > Green Bay

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Map shows Michigan south of Saginaw Bay divided into counties and sections.
• Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
• Includes text notes relating to War of 1812 and 5 insets: Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac from actual surveys -- Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace -- Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River -- Map of the private claims at Green Bay from actual survey -- Map of Michillimackinac Isle.
• Insets represent isolated areas of territory where there were particular property interests.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit & District court of Detroit in the Territory of Michigan by John Farmer, on the 11th day of May 1829."

Indexed In (note)

• Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5368

OCLC

166638677

Author

Farmer, John, 1798-1859, creator, publisher.

Title

An improved map of the surveyed part of the territory of Michigan / by John Farmer ; V. Balch and S. Stiles, engravers, N.Y.

Publisher

[Detroit, Mich.] : [John Farmer], 1831.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:506,880. 8 miles to an inch (W 87°20ʹ--W 82°20ʹ/N 43°50ʹ--N 41°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan, no. 106, p. 247

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 459, column 1, no. 2

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: several pieces of map lacking especially along the edges.

Source

US103.1.04

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Michigan Detroit.

Added Author

Balch, Vistus, 1799-1884, engraver.

Stiles, Samuel, 1796-1861, engraver.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5368