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Online Historical Maps There is a charge for photocopies of these
maps
Historical
American Maps These free online maps of the United States
are from the University of Va. It includes links to many other map
collections.
Maps in the Library
The library has maps of interest to
historians and genealogists - from frontier and Indian settlements
of the early 1700's to a map of Lycoming County in 1946. Most of
these maps are extremely fragile.
Pennsylvania Archives maps Because of the fragile nature of these
maps I have not opened all of them to describe them. They are from
the very early European period of Pennsylvania settlement.
Frontier and Indian settlements : Carte des
Frontieres. Date unknown. (1700?) Inaccurate topography showing northern
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Southern Canada. Written in French
and English, showing rivers, mountains, Indian villages and the few
settlements then in existence.
Northwestern PA. "This map of part of the northern boundary of
Pennsylvania is most humbly inscribed to the Supreme Executive Council of
that Commonwealth by their humble servt Benjn Ellicott". This map from the
1700's shows streams, lakes and swamps of the Alleghany River drainage
area and part of Lake Erie. Shows forts, Indian towns and one road.
Donation Lands in Pennsylvania, Compiled from the drafts of surveys
in file in the Department of Internal Affairs, by J. Sutton Wall. Date
unknown. Unfortunately this map shows only Western Pennsylvania and we
don't have the map for Eastern Pa. This map shows from whom our land was
acquired.
Philadelphia environs in 1777: "Seat of War (Revolutionary War)
in the environs of Philadelphia, By Thos Kitchin Senr, Hydrographer to
his Majesty. Published in ? London Magazine, 1777. Shows road, rivers,
mountains. A Chart of Delaware Bay
and River. From the original by Mr. Fisher of Philadelphia,
1776. Published in ? London Magazine, 1777. Shows Philadelphia,
Chester, Wilmington, Newcastle, shipping channels and the point where
tributaries enter the Bay.
General John Sullivan's Indian
Expedition, 1779. Published by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission,
1929. Illustrated, geography distorted. Shows geographical and man made
features of importance to the expedition.
Pennsylvania counties in 1791: Map done by
Reading Howell showing Pa counties, towns, forges, mills, roads and
portages.
A general view of the Roads and inland
navigation of Pennsylvania and part of the adjacent states,
Respectfully inscribed to Thomas Mifflin Governor and the General Assembly
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By John Adlum and John Wallis. Date
unknown but Governor Mifflin served from 1790-1799. Shows a few early
settlements. Some of the streams and tributaries are inaccurately drawn.
Pennsylvania, Printed by Singerly
and Myers, state printers, Harrisburg, Pa 1868. Shows counties, towns,
mountains and streams.
Flood map of Lewisburg, March 19,
1936. Col Samuel B. Wolfe and Merrill W. Linn for the Saturday news.
Lycoming County, 1946. Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Dept of Highways. Shows townships, roads, railroads, and
streams.
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