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This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations is inscribed with the most perfect respect to the honorable the Congress of the United States of America, and to his excellcy. George Washington

Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in. Facsimile. Relief shown pictorially. Meridian: Philadelphia. From Reuben Thomas Durrett's John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky. Includes text. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1

Date
1884
Mapmaker / publisher
Filson, John; Pursell, Henry D.; Durrett, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas); Morton (J.P.) & Co
Place
Kentucky
Scale
1:633,600
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
5,627 × 6,295 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations is inscribed with the most perfect respect to the honorable the Congress of the United States of America, and to his excellcy. George Washington" (1884). Filson, John; Pursell, Henry D.; Durrett, Reuben T. (Reuben Thomas); Morton (J.P.) & Co. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_map_of_Kentucke,_drawn_from_actual_observations_is_inscribed_with_the_most_perfect_respect_to_the_honorable_the_Congress_of_the_United_States_of_America,_and_to_his_excellcy._George_Washington,_LOC_gm72003279.tif

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