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Re: 1861 (?) Johnson & Browning Texas
- Subject: Re: 1861 (?) Johnson & Browning Texas
- From: "Ira S. Lourie" <ilourie@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 20:59:43 -0400
Neil and the List
I'm sorry I have not responded to your listing sooner, but I have been on
travel. The map you are talking about was, from your description, published
from 1860-62. Only the very first edition was published in Richmond, and that
edition used a one page version of the same map on Page 33. There are two
states of the map you are describing, the first was used in later 1860 and
earlier 1861. The second differed by 1) extending into the border of the map at
Brownsville, and 2) by having notation at the border "Longitude....Washington"
in print rather than script. There is also a difference in the size of the
title "U.S. Mail Route", but you would need both versions to make that
comparison.
If anyone would like to publish my extensive data on Johnson atlases, this
information could be public.
Ira S. Lourie
ilourie@erols.com
Neil Charles Street - Vintage Maps wrote:
> To list:
> If anyone has the correct atlas handy, I'd love to pin down the exact
> edition which this map comes from:
> "Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas by Johnson and Browning" (this is
> on the face of the map). It is the double page map, pagination 39 - 40.
> Unless I'm seriously missing something, it does not conform to any of the
> editions noted in Phillips. I'm guessing it may be from an 1861 Johnson
> atlas -- but if so, was it published in Richmond or New York? Phillips notes
> Johnson & Browning out of Richmond in 1860, and both J & B and J & W out of
> New York in 1862. Hence, my 1861 guess. Also, this map is not the one listed
> in Day as # 1416. It appears the same, but size is off by an inch or more.
>
> Thanks!
> Neil Street
>
> Neil Street - Rare Books and Maps
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