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1862 Mitchell Map of Kentucky and Tennessee

KTTN-m-62
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County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee. - Main View
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1862 Mitchell Map of Kentucky and Tennessee

KTTN-m-62


Title


County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee.
  1860 (dated)     11 x 13.5 in (27.94 x 34.29 cm)

Description


This hand colored map is a lithographic engraving, dating to 1862 by the legendary American Mapmaker S.A. Mitchell, the younger. It represents the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. Shows both political and geographical features. This is a larger and more detailed version of Mitchell's 1860 issue of the same map. One of the most attractive atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century. Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period. Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.'

Cartographer


Samuel Augustus Mitchell (March 20, 1792 - December 20, 1868) began his map publishing career in the early 1830s. Mitchell was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He relocated to Philadelphia in 1821. Having worked as a school teacher and a geographical writer, Mitchell was frustrated with the low quality and inaccuracy of school texts of the period. His first maps were an attempt to rectify this problem. In the next 20 years Mitchell would become the most prominent American map publisher of the mid-19th century. Mitchell worked with prominent engravers J. H. Young, H. S. Tanner, and H. N. Burroughs before attaining the full copyright on his maps in 1847. In 1849 Mitchell either partnered with or sold his plates to Thomas, Cowperthwait and Company who continued to publish the Mitchell's Universal Atlas. By about 1856 most of the Mitchell plates and copyrights were acquired by Charles Desilver who continued to publish the maps, many with modified borders and color schemes, until Mitchell's son, Samuel Augustus Mitchell Junior, entered the picture. In 1859, S.A. Mitchell Jr. purchased most of the plates back from Desilver and introduced his own floral motif border. From 1860 on, he published his own editions of the New General Atlas. The younger Mitchell became as prominent as his father, publishing maps and atlases until 1887, when most of the copyrights were again sold and the Mitchell firm closed its doors for the final time. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good condition. Clean wide margins. Blank on verso.

References


Rumsey 0565.016. Phillips (Atlases) 831-16. New York Public Library, Map Division, 1510808.