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No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent

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Title
No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent
Additional title: Map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands
Names
Barclay, Anthony, 1792-1877 (Contributor)
Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844 (Contributor)
Ferguson, J. (Surveyor)
Whistler, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1849 (Draftsman)
United States. Light-House Board (Publisher)
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Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Michigan

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1891
Place: Washington D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Light-House Board
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-981
Topics
Treaty of Ghent (1814 December 24)
Isle Royale (Mich.)
Canada -- Boundaries
United States -- Boundaries
United States -- History -- War of 1812
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Peter B. Porter, Anthony Barclay, commissioners under the 6th & 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent; I. Ferguson, surveyor to the commissioners ; George W. Whistler, U.S. Artillery, draftsman & asst surveyor.
Statement of responsibility: "Photolithographed from original charts by permission of the U.S. State Department."
Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 352, column 2, no. 6
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale approximately 1:180,000 (W 89.61°--W 88.41°/N 48.31°--N 47.79°).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 40 x 61 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 60972
Description
Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north towards the upper right. "A true map of part of the survey, under the seventh article of the Treaty of Ghent made by order of the commissioners." "Filed by order of the Board October 23d 1826."
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 922885866
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21412102
Folder number: US107.1.08
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c94a9640-b825-0135-795a-2f50604b9373
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1877: Creator Died
  • 1891: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1891. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7911df0-b825-0135-de53-67e91cf5ddf5

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 6, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7911df0-b825-0135-de53-67e91cf5ddf5

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1891). No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7911df0-b825-0135-de53-67e91cf5ddf5

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No. 3, map of Isle Royale in Lake Superior with the adjacent shores and islands surveyed by order of the honorable the Commissioners under the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent