File:1795 Schuykill Navigation company Map for PA canals.jpg
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English: Information on map courtesy of Maps of Pennsylvania: DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TO WIT: 'IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES'.. READING HOWELL HATH DEPOSITED A MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH, RELATING TO THE ROADS AND INLAND NAVIGATION, ESPECIALLY AS PROPOSED TO BE IMPROVED BY THE LATE PROCEEDINGS OF ASSEMBLY. (Copied from his larger map) by Reading Howell... Sam'l Caldwell, Clk of the District of Pennsylvania. Engraving by J. Trenchard. The dedication is at upper center "to the Legislature and the Governor of Pennsylvania this map is respectfully inscribed by Reading Howell." There is an explanation table at upper right. This is the first state of Howell's "small map" of 1792 (Wheat & Brun #437). The map shown here is the state 2 version (Wheat & Brun #443) from the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company 1795 report An Historical Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Canal Navigation. It contains some additions from the 1792 map, including the naming of all the counties with their boundaries shown. The emphasis is on transportation, showing the roads and canals through the counties and it is the most detailed of Howell's maps in this respect. Here are closeup views of east and west sections of this large map. The third state was issued circa 1796 (Wheat & Brun #447). Slightly larger versions were made in 1811 and 1817. A facsimile of this map was printed in 1834 for a US Congress report. Wheat & Brun #464 list a Philadelphia map by Howell for which a copyright reference was found circa 1794 but the map has never been seen. Longitude from Philadelphia, blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 12 miles. Size: 18 x 26 inches. (Source: Maps of Pennsylvania with permission.) |
| Source | Map provided courtesy of Harold Cramer of Maps of Pennsylvania. A portion of the larger map showing canal route from Reading to Susquehanna River. |
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| current | 15:59, 2 July 2018 | | 2,047 × 1,494 (2.03 MB) | Risk Engineer | Map provided courtesy of Harold Cramer of Maps of Pennsylvania. A portion of the larger map showing canal route from Reading to Susquehanna River. 1792.2 DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TO WIT: 'IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES'.. READING HOWELL HATH DEPOSITED A MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE PARTS CONNECTED THEREWITH, RELATING TO THE ROADS AND INLAND NAVIGATION, ESPECIALLY AS PROPOSED TO BE IMPROVED BY THE LATE PROCEEDINGS OF ASSEMBLY. (Copied from his larger map) by Rea... |
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