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Important early wall map of Connecticut published under the Authority of the General Assembly of Connecticut from the important surveys of Gillet and Warren.
Engraved by Abner Reed of East Windsor. Dedication reads, " To His Excellency Roger Griswold, Esq., and to the Honourable Legislature of the State of Connecticut, This Map is Respectfully Inscribed By the Publishers. Hartford, February 1812." Copyright notice beneath title cartouche reads: " Entered according to Act of Congress, the 29th day of May, 1813 - By Hudson & Goodwin, of the State of Connecticut." Extensive legend gives 37 features including churches, courthouses, distilleries, makers of woolens, guns & pistols, clock, glass and much more. A table lists the Governors since 1655.
We note only 3 recorded examples of this map: Harvard College Library, New York Historical Society and the Library of Congress.
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