Manuscripts

Kashnor collection of early American maps

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Description: The 85 manuscripts, known as the Kashnor maps, are named after the proprietor of the Museum Book Store, from which they were purchased. They include original maps and copies of cartographic renderings dating from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries. The maps focus primarily on sites and land involved in the French and Indian War in New York and Canada (67 maps), but there are also maps related to the American Revolution (3 maps), and ones of Central America (4 maps), and other regions (10 maps). The collection also contains a drawing of a dart or fire-arrow retrieved near Fort William Henry after Montcalm's attack in 1757. Some of the maps in the collection are hand drawn copies of earlier maps. These include ones executed during the French and Indian War. There are also four maps charting the voyages of the H.M.S. Asia in 1848-1851 that were copies made in 1856. Consequently, the creation dates of the Kashnor maps are from 1754-1856.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1670-1856
Call number: mssHM 15399-15475
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, 1924 & 1927. The collection was assembled by a private collector. It is possible that a number of the maps were in the possession of Lord Loudoun in 1757, since Samuel Holland and his assistant, Charles Rivez, were officers under John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun in the Royal American Regiment.
Associated people: Holland, Samuel, (1728-1801.); Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,); Loudoun, John Campbell, (1598-1663,); Rivez, Charles.; Wetterstrom, Gustavus C.
Associated organization: Museum Book Store.
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Map of Delaware Co. New York From actual survey by Jay Gould
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Kashnor notes, "Contains minor maps of a number of towns (listed) and views of prominent homes and churches (listed)." Submaps of 24 towns with directories. Vignettes of nineteen landmarks and references.. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, furlongs. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: VignettesSub-maps.
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Kashnor notes, "This shows the boundaires of Louisiana according to the French claims which led to war. It is a good map of the Illinois country, locates Chicago, also of New Mexico, with the location of Santa Fe, Taos, and other towns." Kashnor dates ca. 1745, RLIN record suggests 1745. Cartouche: with Indian.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Fluer-di-lis V(?) A G. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. References: Wheat cv.1, no.122.
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