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Lucius Stebbins (1810-1901) was a Connecticut-based mapmaker and publisher. Stebbins was born in Granby, Massachusetts. He settled in Hartford, CT, in 1832. There he learned map coloring from the publisher D. F. Robinson. He is known for inventing the method of machine coloring used in Smith and Olney's geographies.  Eventually, he moved into the publishing business under the firm name of American Publishing Company.