Box Oversize 2
Contains 10 Results:
A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of N. America, 3rd ed., 1797
ID: 16
Map #: 016
Map Title: A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of N. America
Date of Creation: 1797, 3rd ed.
Cartographer:
Engraver:
Place of Publication: London
Publisher: J. Debrett
Source of Information:
Color/Black and White: black and white
Size of Map: 8.25x5
Notes: Author: Gilbert Imlay; Format is a book.
Framed: No
Mitchell's Map of Tennessee, c. 1836
ID: 53
Map #: 053
Map Title: Mitchell's Map of Tennessee
Date of Creation: ca. 1836
Cartographer:
Engraver: J.H. Young
Place of Publication:
Publisher:
Source of Information:
Color/Black and White: color
Size of Map:
Notes: Housed in a folder
Framed: No
Fifth Geological Report to the Twenty-Third General Assembly of Tennessee, 1839
ID: 56
Map #: 055a
Map Title: Fifth Geological Report to the Twenty-Third General Assembly of Tennessee
Date of Creation: 1839
Cartographer:
Engraver:
Place of Publication: Nashville
Publisher: J. Geo. Harris
Source of Information:
Color/Black and White: balck and white
Size of Map: 9.5x6
Notes: Author: Gerard Troost. Housed in a folder
Framed: No
Nashville City and Business Directory, for 1860-1861, 1860
ID: 69
Map #: 068
Map Title: Nashville City and Business Directory, for 1860-1861
Date of Creation: 1860
Cartographer:
Engraver:
Place of Publication: Nashville
Publisher: L.P. Williams and Co.
Source of Information:
Color/Black and White: black and white
Size of Map: 9x6
Notes: Includes black and white street map of Nashville.
Framed: No
Middle Tennessee as an Iron Center, 1879
Biennial Report of the President of Fire and Police Commissioners of the Taxing District (Memphis) Shelby County, Tennessee, to the Governor of The State, 1880
The Town of Cardiff, 1890
ID: 98
Map #: 097
Map Title: The Town of Cardiff
Date of Creation: 1890
Cartographer:
Engraver:
Place of Publication: Boston
Publisher: Heliotype Printing Co.
Source of Information:
Color/Black and White: black and white
Size of Map: 9.25x6
Notes: Pamphlet promoting a proposed town in East Tennessee
Framed: No
Soil Survey of Dickson County Tennessee, 1926
Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior In Response to Resolution of The House, 1882
Complete Map of Davidson County Tennessee, 1947
The McGaw Map Collection consists of one hundred and five maps spanning the years 1760 to 1955. The maps primarily showcase the progression of how present day Tennessee was portrayed throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
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