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30 March 1774
Flucker, Thomas (1719-1783)
[Map of land]
A drawn map of land, likely located in Maine, deeded to Francis Waldo from Thomas and Hannah Flucker. Shows lakes, rivers, and boundary lines. Date taken from docket.
GLC02437.10645
1 November 1776
Hawkes, W. (fl. 1776)
The Country twenty-five miles round New York
Irregular shaped paper. Engraving with letterpress chronological table of events from 1773-Oct. 1776, engraved by J. Barber and printed by W. Hawkes. Irregularly shaped. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 110, who notes that a later...
GLC02005
1776
Ratzer, Bernard
Plan of the City of New York in North America
Engraved by Jeffrey and Fagan. Oversize engraving showing lower Manhattan Island, part of Brooklyn and Hoboken, N.J. A cartouche extending across the bottom has a panoramic "South West View of the City of New York." Based upon the survey of 1766...
GLC02006
1861
Bachmann, John (fl. 1849-1885)
Bird's-eye view of Texas and part of Mexico
From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War.
GLC03484
circa 1863-1865
Hoyt, Frank A. (fl. 1863-1865)
[Manuscript drawing of the camp of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment]
Shows the various buildings and structures in camp, including barracks, a sawmill, barns, and a steam furnace. The buildings are numbered and there is a corresponding legend on the verso. Drawn in pencil with a colored flag. The regiment operated...
GLC03050
circa 25 December 1864
Tower, Zealous Bates (1819-1900)
[Pencil illustration depicting the area near Nashville, Tennessee]
Autograph map depicts roads, rivers, fortifications and estimated troop numbers and locations near Nashville. Tower, chief engineer of Union defenses at Nashville, possibly transmitted this map with a letter (refer to GLC00849.01) to William P...
GLC00849.02
1865
General Benham's winter camp near Poplar Grove Church, Va., with photo of troops
Printed map, "Winter Camp, Detachment 50th N.Y.V. Engineers" Brevet Colonel I. Spalding Commanding, near Poplar Church, Virginia, Army of the Potomac, 1865. Has been partially hand colored. An original albumen photograph of soldiers with musical...
GLC00919.26
July 1864
Sneden, Robert Knox (1832-1918)
Plan of Andersonville Prison
Plan of the prison camp drawn by Sneden, a member of the 40th New York Volunteers imprisoned there in 1863-1864. Completed in ink and colored pencil. Sneden's map differs from other contemporary sketches.
GLC02244
circa June 1872
Hemans, Daniel W. (fl. 1872-1881)
[Hand-drawn map of Dakota mission area]
Depicts the missions and Indian agencies along about fifty miles of the Missouri River west of Sioux City. Hemans discusses making the map for Frances Shiras to answer her question about the spatial relationship between the Santee, Yankton, and Ponca...
GLC02429.03
GLC02429.04
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