An appealing manuscript map of the Manzanita mine in the Sweetland mining district, Nevada County, California. The settlement of Sweetland was established by the Sweetland brothers in 1850. They are also known to have operated a trading post there in 1852. Henry Pettit Sweetland was a California State Assemblyman...
![E[astern].M[aine]. R[ailwa]y. Co. Buckland Surveys [title on wooden trunk]. L. L. Buckland,...](/pictures/thumb/4468_1.jpg?v=1603318923)
An archive of six survey notebooks and three extensive profile maps for eastern Maine railroad lines, compiled in the 1870s. This archive consists of railroad survey manuscripts generated by L.L. Buckland and Parker Spofford (b. 1842), the latter a noted civil engineer of Bucksport, Maine, who served as engineer.....
![A NEW AND CORRECT MAP of the WORLD According to the latest Discoveries. [with:] W.G. Krebs, A NEW...](/pictures/thumb/5344_1.jpg?v=1560464364)
A remarkable pair of schoolboy maps, drawn concurrently at the Washington Academy. Two nearly-identical schoolboy maps of the United States, large in size, detailed in content and refined in execution. Remarkable for having been produced at the same school on the same date. Aside from the intrinsic.....
A skillfully drawn manuscript map, which appears to have been compiled for an official purpose, but does not appear to have been published. This map focuses on the waterfront villages of Marshfield, Massachusetts, a town perhaps best known as the home of Daniel Webster, whose house in Green.....
An appealing and varied group of ink-and-watercolor school maps from the early years of the 19th century, remarkable for their Kentucky origins, interesting subject matter, pleasing design, relatively good condition, and superb provenance. The group includes a double-hemisphere map of the world, a map of the United States copied.....
![Didactic manuscript map of Europe.]. Odo Staab](/pictures/thumb/5215_1.jpg?v=1571924464)
A unique and utterly charming early 19th-century manuscript visual compendium, combining cartography and natural history and most likely executed for classroom or tutorial use. The composition features a central map of Europe, likely based on one from Johannes Walch’s Allgemeiner Atlas, first issued in 1803. The map is.....
![The World. [Schoolgirl Map]. Cordelia Wilder](/pictures/thumb/5596_1.jpg?v=1575052663)
An attractive manuscript map by a Hingham, Massachusetts schoolgirl.The map is projected on a double hemisphere, with the continents in very appealing pastel wash and outline color and major topographical and riverine features delicately delineated. The map is dated 1826, but the geography reflects a late 18th century world view.....