[Rarebooks] fs: Maryland Eastern Shore Atlases, 1877

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 7648 )  Graham, John L., Editor. THE 1877 ATLASES AND OTHER EARLY MAPS 
OF THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, BICENTENNIAL EDITION, 1776-1976.
Salisbury: Wicomoco Bicentennial Commission, [1976]. Hardcover, Folio, 144 
pages, Black & white and colored maps. Near Fine.
      Copy #686 of an unspecified number. Excellent collection of detailed 
maps of towns and counties (except Cecil) on Maryland's Eastern Shore 
printed in facsimile from the Lake, Griffing, and Stevenson atlases of the 
late 19th century. Also included are the Sanborn insurance maps for the 
major towns. Many of the maps are detailed enough to show existing farms, 
farmhouses, and property owners. The town maps show the locations of 
buildings and owners of the lots, and are accompanied by business 
directories. The 1877 lists of patrons for each county are also included and 
give name, acreage owned, post office, occupation, place of birth, and date 
of settlement. In all, a treasure trove for genealogical and other 
researchers of Eastern Shore history. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #176. Bound in 
brown leather-patterned cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper 
board. Tiny extremity rubs at spine ends, some minor browning along gutter 
of front endpapers. Clean and bright copy.    $350.00
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