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Map of the Wyoming & Lackawanna Valleys : [Pennsylvania] / by Geo. Jones, principally from a map constructed by Col. John L. Butler of Wilkes Barre ; A. Doolittle sc.

Author
Jones, George, 1800-1870
Additional Titles
Map of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys : [Pennsylvania]
Published
[New Haven, Connecticut] : [S. Converse], [1830]
Physical Description
1 map ; 21 x 37 cm
Additional Creators
Butler, John L., Col and Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832

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American Journal of Science and Arts
Cartographic Mathematical Data
Scale approximately 1:160,000 (W 76°03ʹ00ʺ--W 75°27ʹ00ʺ/N 41°34ʹ00ʺ--N 41°11ʹ00ʺ).
Note
Relief shown by hachures.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
"The circles with a dot represent coal beds now exposed."
Includes elevation profile of "Railroad from the coal mine at Carbondale to the canal on the Lackawanna River."
Published in: American Journal of Science and Arts, July, 1830.
Geographic Coverage
Follows the Susquehanna River from Nanticoke to the Lackawanna River, and the Lackawanna River to Carbondale.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2016
Biographical or Historical Sketch
This map was created in 1830 by George Jones, a Yale graduate and native of York, Pennsylvania, from an original by Colonel John L. Butler. Jones, who had served as a tutor and secretary on board a pair of U.S. Navy frigates, was home on leave when he created this map. He was to be ordained in 1831, and would serve as a Naval Chaplain starting in 1832, accompanying the Perry Expedition to Japan from 1852-1854. It was engraved by the renowned New Haven artist Amos Doolittle for the Yale-affiliated publication, The American Journal of Science and Arts.
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Housed; Encapsulation; PSU Libraries copy 000079333320
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Paterno Libraries Endowment
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