Browse Items (28 total)
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The American Geography, 1794
Title page of A view of the present situation of the United States of America, containing astronomical geography, geographical definitions, discovery, and general description. Included is a particular description of Kentucky, the Western territory, map of the northern and middle states, comprehending the Western territory and the British dominions in North America. The publication includes three maps of Kentucky by John Filson.
For the complete title, see the New York Public Library Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5b015bc0-c5d4-012f-4f5e-58d385a7bc34Tags astronomy; British; Geography; map; north america; pamphlets; Spanish; travelogue; western territory -
History of the Backwoods, or, the Region of the Ohio: authentic, from the earliest accounts, 1843
Title page of the History of the Ohio Rivery Valley from early accounts. Includes many events, notices of prominent pioneers, sketches of early settlements, etc. -
Map of War of 1812 battleground near Detroit
Map of battleground near Detroit in the War of 1812, showing the location of Kentucky's troops. -
Course of the River Mississippi, 1775
Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres. Map includes notations of Indigenous land. -
Surveys on Elkhorn, 1774, 1972
Reproduction of survey of Elkhorn Creek in modern day Fayette County, Kentucky. -
Facsimile of a map of Jefferson and Fayette Counties, Kentucky, 1782, 1924
Robert Johnson traced this map from a photostat made by Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston.
Johnson's map shows the settlement at Harrods Town, Squire Boone's station, Bryant's station, Todd's station and Martin's station, the Ohio, Kentucky, Miami and Licking rivers, the "Indian War Road", and various salt springs. -
Plan of Lystra in Nelson County, Kentucky, 1795
Plan proposal of the town Lystra in Nelson County, Kentucky. The town was never built. Printed in "Winterbotham's Historical Views of the U.S.A." -
Plan of the town of Louisville, 1779 April 20
This original plan of the city of Louisville was found in George Rogers Clark's surveyors book in 1881 and traced by R.C. Ballard Thruston in 1910. -
Historical map of the Old Northwest Territory, 1937
Map of the Old Northwest territory. Reverse side has the Ordinance of 1787. Includes text on "How the United States came into possession of Northwest Territory," "Thomas Jeffferson's conception," and "How the Northwest Territory became states." -
Louisiana by de Rivier Mississippi, 1720
French map of the full course of the Mississippi River. Shows rivers, lakes, and forts. -
Map of the Falls of the Ohio, 1824
Map of the Falls of the Ohio, from actual survey, adapted to the low water of 1819. Shows both Baker's route for a canal on the Kentucky side of the river and Flint's route for a canal on the Indiana side. -
Kentucky map, 1805
Map of Kentucky in 1805 showing towns, counties, rivers, creeks, and American Indian boundary lines. Taken from Aaron Arrowsmith's "A New and Elegant General Atlas." -
Map of the State of Kentucky, from actual survey, facsimile, 1795
Shows cities, towns, forts and stations, rivers, roads, etc. Includes notations on the fertility of the land and the quality of the salt licks.
The Filson has another original of this map which was removed from the 3rd London edition of Imlay's Topographical description of the western territory of North America, 1797. -
Map of the United States in North America with the British, French, and Spanish dominions adjoining, according to the Treaty of 1783
From New South Wales and St. James Bay in the North to the Carolinas and northern Florida in the South and west to the Mississippi River.
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State of Kentucky: Richard Henderson & Co., land grant, 1796
Land-grant survey which was made at the request of Robert Burton, Esq., agent for Richard Henderson & Co., on 20 April 1796, after a grant of 200,000 acres was made to the company by the Virginia Assembly. -
A map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government, 1796
Map published in Jedidiah Morse's American universal geography. Shows rivers, creeks, towns, forts, Indian boundaries, and the southern boundary of a military reservation in Tennessee. -
The State of Kentucky with the adjoining territories from the best authorities, 1800
Shows Kentucky and surrounding territories. Engraved for Payne's Geography, published by I. Low New York.Tags map -
A map of the United States of America: with part of the adjoining provinces from the greatest authorities, 1794
Map shows the thirteen colonies and as far west as the Mississippi River, including the western territory, Kentucky, and Tennessee, the northern tip of Lake Superior including parts of Canada and New Brunswick. -
Carte géographique, statistique et historique du Kentucky, 1825
Includes text on the climate, geography, economy, education, religion, government, etc. of Kentucky in 1825.