Subject: Map

This is an 1872 map of Wisconsin from an Asher & Adams Atlas. The map is notably one of the earliest to depict Schleisingerville, Wisconsin (now known as Slinger), a town founded by Baruch Schleisinger Weil. The map shows various geographical features, counties, and railroad lines, with Schleisingerville located northwest of Milwaukee in Washington County along a railroad. The map uses different colors to delineate areas, indicating an attention to detail typical of cartography from the period. A legend in the bottom left corner identifies "ASHER & ADAMS WISCONSIN." **3.

This map, surveyed by Samuel Lewis and published by Matthew Carey for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's General Atlas, depicts the state of Pennsylvania. It details distinctive geography and topography, including the Appalachian and Allegheny Mountains, major rivers (Ohio, Allegheny, Susquehanna, Delaware), and the all-important sliver of land connecting the state to Lake Erie. The map delineates Pennsylvania's county structure, towns, cities, creeks, roads, and mineral deposits, forming a basis for civil administration. It is significant as the first map to show the full extent of Pennsylvania after independence, based on Reading Howell's 1792 survey. The map features an ornate compass rose in the top right corner, typical of period cartography, and was engraved by Smither. It notably includes Aaronsburg, the first town in the U.S. named after a Jew, Aaron Levy, who founded it in 1786.

This item is a map depicting the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida, published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in 1865. The map was originally copyrighted in 1860. It features colored county delineations and an ornate border design, typical of cartography from the period. An inset map of Charleston Harbor is included. The map provides an early depiction of Fort Myers, Florida, with accompanying text highlighting its historical context, including its construction on the ruins of Fort Harvie, its naming after Brevet Colonel Abraham Charles Myers (quartermaster for the Army's Department of Florida), its abandonment in 1858 at the end of the Third Seminole War, and its distinction as the only U.S. fort named after a Jew.