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| Keywords: 1852 Colton Sectional Pocket Map of Illinois - Geographicus - Illinois-colton-1852.jpg This is an extremely scarce 1852 pocket issue map of the state of Illinois by published by J H Colton and prepared by J M Peck John Messinger and A J Mathewson Depicts the whole of Illinois with inset maps of the vicinity of Galena the Lead Region and part of Wisconsin and Iowa and in the bottom left the Vicinity of Alton St Lewis This example is surrounded by a lovely decorative border and includes an extensive legend distance scales a table giving the populations of towns and villages and a large table discussing Public Land and Land Districts Included with this map is the original 4 x 6 gilt on leather binder Paper label on inside front cover lists numerous maps available in both mounted and pocket form from the publisher Engraved by S Stiles co of New York Dated and copyrighted Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1836 by J H Colton Co in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York Published from Colton ™s 172 William Str Office in New York 1852 dated Size in 27 5 41 object history credit line accession number Illinois-colton-1852 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of Illinois 1852 maps United States Land Survey maps Maps of St Louis Missouri Maps in English | ||||
