COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Guide Through Mid West States
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
71
Scale 1:
1,584,000
Note:
Full color map. Includes Census Statistics and a vignette showing Maidens Rock, Lake Pepin, on the Mississippi. This edition has the same cover as the "Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide..." but the title page is different, and the contents are basically the same - Colton issued the two books with different title pages but the same contents and maps - an interesting marketing device. The map adds Minnesota, Nebraska and Kansas to the title and is enlarged and extended west to include the settled eastern counties of Nebraska and Kansas and a portion of Dakota. Fisher's name is added to the title page for the first time, as compiler, something he probably was doing since the Colton editions of the early 1850's. The text is expanded to include Nebraska and Kansas. Bound with brown cloth with title embossed on cover. Prime meridian is Washington, D.C.
Reference:
Howes S615.
Full Title:
Guide Through Ohio, Michigan Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska & Kansas, Showing The Township lines of the United States Surveys ... By J. Calvin Smith. New York. Published by J.H. Colton.1857. Entered ... 1855 by J.H. Colton ... New York. (to accompany) Colton's Traveler & Tourist's Guide-Book Through The Western States and Territories ... Compiled by Richard S. Fisher, M.D. ... Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township lines of the U.S. Surveys ... New York: J.H. Colton and Company, No. 172 William Street. 1857. (on verso) Entered ... J.H. Colton and Company ... New York. Davies & Roberts, Stereotypers, N.Y. Pudney & Russell, Printers.
List No:
4573.003
Series No:
3
Pub Date:
1857
Pub Title:
Colton's Traveler & Tourist's Guide-Book Through The Western States and Territories ... Compiled by Richard S. Fisher, M.D. ... Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township lines of the U.S. Surveys ... New York: J.H. Colton and Company, No. 172 William Street. 1857. (on verso) Entered ... J.H. Colton and Company ... New York.
Pub Reference:
Howes S615.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
4573.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
16
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
4573003
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J.H. Colton & Co.
Type:
Book Map
State/Province:
U.S. Mid West
Engraver or Printer:
Fisher, Richard S.
Engraver or Printer:
Davies & rRoberts
Engraver or Printer:
Pudney & Russell
Publication Author:
Smith, J. Calvin
Publication Author:
Colton, J.H.
Pub Type:
Guide Book
Author:
Smith, J. Calvin
Author:
Colton, J.H.
Date:
1857
Guide Through Mid West States
