(NEW YORK) De Witt Simeon Map of the State of New York by Si

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(NEW YORK.) De Witt, Simeon. Map of the State of New York by Simeon De Witt Surveyor General Contracted from his large Map of the State. Engraved folding map, dissected and laid on linen at a contemporary date. 23 1/4x28 1/4 inches sheet size. Housed in black morocco-backed box. New York: 1804 [but a circa 1812 issue with coloring reflecting new county boundaries]

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Unique copy of De Witt's important 1804 map of New York, with county divisions hand-colored to update them to 1812. We find no other example of De Witt's 1804 map altered in this fashion. The exactness and appearance of the coloring, however, suggests it to be a distinct issue of the map, or done for some official purpose, as opposed to an early owner's mere manuscript addition. Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers, pages 73-83; Rumsey 2489; Streeter Sale 893; David Y. Allen, How Simeon De Witt Mapped New York State.