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Description

Scarce G.W. & C.B. Colton folding map of the State of New York issued in 1869.

The map belongs to a series of impressive state maps produced by the Coltons during the 1860s and '70s, which were larger in format and tended to be more vibrant and detailed than the standard offerings from other makers in the preceding era.

The map includes a table of county populations tracing them back to the census of 1840.

The key lists symbols for Townships, Villages & Post Offices, Post Roads, Rail Roads, Proposed Rail Roads, and Canals.

Condition Description
Original hand-color by county. Folding map with original embossed covers. Some minor wear and toning at folds.
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.