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Description

Colton's large-scale folding map of New England, with an inset map of the eastern portion of Massachusetts.

The map provides an excellent level of detail, especially with regard to the railroad lines, which are illustrated and named.

Hand-coloring is by county.

The map extends from New York City to New Brunswick.

Condition Description
Vibrant publisher's wash hand-color. Small split where mounted into original gilt-lettered cloth folder.
G.W. & C.B. Colton Biography

G. W. & C. B. Colton was a prominent family firm of mapmakers who were leaders in the American map trade in the nineteenth century. The business was founded by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) who bought copyrights to existing maps and oversaw their production. By the 1850s, their output had expanded to include original maps, guidebooks, atlases, and railroad maps. Joseph was succeeded by his sons, George Woolworth (1827-1901) and Charles B. Colton (1831-1916). The firm was renamed G. W. & C. B. Colton as a result. George is thought responsible for their best-known work, the General Atlas, originally published under that title in 1857. In 1898, the brothers merged their business and the firm became Colton, Ohman, & Co., which operated until 1901, when August R. Ohman took on the business alone and dropped the Colton name.