Samuel Augustus Mitchell Furniture

Presented is a beautifully engraved, large hanging wall map of the United States, Mexico, and West Indies by Samuel Augustus Mitchell. The map depicts the entire nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It also included inset maps of the “World on Mercator's Projection” and the “World on Globular Projection,” an inset of the Hawaiian Islands, distance and population tables, and more. First published in 1856, “Mitchell’s New National Map” was one of the most commercially successful maps of its time, regularly amended to update the changing territorial and state borders of the West. This specific map was published in Philadelphia in 1858. The map presents a compelling picture of an evolving American West, capturing the fluidity of pre-Civil War territorial boundaries. Much changed in the few years surrounding the publication of this map as the 1850s were characterized by the drawing of territorial boundaries, the creation of new states, continued relocation campaigns against Native Americans, and the rise and fall of small-scale territorial rebellions. On this map we see New Mexico in its late 1850s form, with a lower strip labeled Arizona. The same year as the publication of this map, the New Mexico territorial legislature adopted a resolution in favor of the creation of the Arizona Territory...

This is a finely colored example of the 1846 version of Mitchell's seminal map of Texas, Oregon Territory, California, and the Transmississippi West. Published in 1846 from Philadelphia, Mitchell's map of the West was one of the first large-format commercially published maps to show the Transmissisippi West, after the annexation of Texas in 1845. The map was perhaps the single most popular map of the period, used by gold seekers, immigrants, and others whose lives, fortunes, and attentions were focused Westward at the outset of the Mexican-American War. Beginning in 1846, the Transmississippi West was of particular interest to the American populace, as a result of two recent and related events. In 1845, Texas was admitted to the Union. This prompted Mexico to invade Texas in 1846, thus starting the U.S.-Mexican War. General curiosity about the new state as well as interest in the war led to Mitchell's timely map becoming quite popular. As stated in the "Accompaniment to Mitchell's new map of Texas, Oregon and California...," in which the map was sometimes issued, Mitchell used the latest and best cartographic sources for the map, including Arrowsmith's 1841 map of Texas, Fremont's and Emory's maps of their explorations in the region, compiled data from the Lewis & Clark expedition, Nicollet's map of the region between the Mississippi and the Missouri, and Wilkes map of Oregon...

Presented is an early pocket map of Ohio, circa 1839. This map was produced by Samuel Augustus Mitchell as a reprint from the original of 1831; Mitchell's first pocket map of Ohio. This edition features various improvements to the first issue. The map is colored by counties and shows, roads, railroads, towns, and distances. Many other proposed railroads and canals are also shown. The map features some historical details, including the Harris Line surveyed in 1817 and Fulton's Line surveyed in 1814. In this edition, Toledo is present, which was founded in 1833 as part of Michigan and then re-founded in 1837 as part of Ohio following the conclusion of the "Toledo War." The map shows the northwest boundaries, claimed respectively by Michigan and Ohio. Labeled at bottom is both a "Profile of the Miami Canal" and a "Profile of the Ohio and Erie Canal...