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SMITH I-33. 1 map : hand colored ; "Longitude west from London." Relief shown pictorially. Shows county boundaries. Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1775. This map by William Scull is an important Revolutionary War-era map of Pennsylvania. It is a revised and extended, based on Nicholas Scull’s 1759 map of Pennsylvania. The map becomes progressively less detailed as it moves west. Swamps, forts, and camps are included as well as a few towns in the westernmost regions.

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Full TitleA map of Pennsylvania exhibiting not only the improved parts of that Province, but also its extensive frontiers : Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late map of W. Scull published in 1770 ; and humbly inscribed to the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute proprietaries & Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania and the territories thereunto belonging.
Author Scull, William, active 1765.
Contributor Scull, Nicholas, 1687-1761.
Date Added 18 June 2019
Format Map
Language English
Publish Date 1775
Publisher London : Printed for Robt. Sayer & J. Bennett.
Source John F. Smith, III and Susan B. Smith Antique Map Collection
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