Barber, John Warner (sold)
John Warner Barber (February 2, 1798 - June 22, 1885) was an American engraver and historian active in Connecticut. Barber was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. He apprenticed as print maker under Abner Reed (1771 - 1866) from 1812, his 15th year, to 1819. In 1823, began publishing religious and historical books in New Haven, many with his own engraved illustrations. He was particularly well known for wood engraving, claiming that he alone of Abner Reed's many apprentices focused on that art.
Arguing the Texas Compromise of 1850. Mormons on Great Salt Lake.
Map of the United States of America with its Territories and Districts. Including also a part of Upper and Lower Canada and Mexico.
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A most intriguing unrecorded early 1850 variant of the Reed and Barber map of the United States reflecting a nation in flux. The map was issued to satisfy popular curiously regarding the intensely debated newly acquired 'Mexican Cessions', as well as the new national and international borders. It illustrates ambiguity regarding the legislative arguments leading to the Compromise of 1850, which reshaped Texas into its modern configuration, Mormon settlement around Great Salt Lake, the changes brought about by the California Gold Rush, the Oregon Question, the Indian Territories, and more. (more details)