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A Map of the State of Ohio from Actual Suy by B. Hough & A. Bourne. Eng'd. by H.S. Tanner Philada. Entered ... 27th day of June, 1814, by B. Hough and A. Bourne, of the State of Ohio. Chillicothe: Published 1st May 1815, by B. Hough & A. Bourne, and J. Melish, Philadelphia. |
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| Description |
The first map of Ohio to show all the actual surveys within the inhabited part of the state. A rare and early large map of Ohio. County boundaries tinted in color. Townships clearly shown. An extensive key is included detailing land ownership history and some land use. Northwest portion of state not surveyed but shows swamplands and plains. Meridian Washington. |
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| Source | https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~36953~1201565 | |||||||||
| Creator |
Bourne, Alexander, 1786-1849; Hough, Benjamin, 1773-1819; Melish, John, 1771-1822 |
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| Scale | 1:316,800 | |||||||||
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| Place of publication | Chillicothe, Ohio | |||||||||
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| Collection | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection | |||||||||
| Dimensions | 137 × 133 cm (53.9 × 52.3 in) | |||||||||
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This large and detailed map of Ohio shows rapid progress of the township grid from the original surveys in the eastern part of the state in the 1790s. Hough & Bourne's map of Ohio is the second large format map of Ohio (after Mansfield's map of 1807, which measures 30 x 22 inches) and a large format landmark in the history of the mapping of the Buckeye State. Hough and Bourne were General Land Office surveyors, who took over and improved the work of the surveyor general of the United States, Jared F. Mansfield. Because of his position, Mansfield had access to original working materials of government agents. However, when he issued his Map of the State of Ohio From The Returns In The Office of the Surveyor General (1807), he issued it privately. Hough and Bourne acquired the copyright to Mansfield's work after he was killed in the War of 1812, then substantially expanded the map and format, based on their own work. In southern Ohio some of the areas claimed by land companies established in the colonial period were surveyed and parcelled out prior to 1795, and their irregular patterns, conforming more to topography than geometry, are in strong contrast to the tyranny of the grid. Similar collisions of old and new systems of land tenure and surveying can be seen elsewhere in the country, particularly along the lower Mississippi where a pattern of plantation strips running back from the river established by the French settlers encounters the later American squares. Such patterns in the landscape are best seen from airplanes. |
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| artwork-references | Reese & Miles, Creating America 57; Ristow, p.146; Streeter sale 1354. | |||||||||
| Other versions | https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/printed-manuscript-americana-science/early-map-ohio-actual-surveys-172/173917 ; https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/45322bm | |||||||||
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