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J. H. Colton: New Hampshire.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
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Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
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New Hampshire.
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English: One of the few maps specifically of New Hampshire published in the mid- 19th century. Depicts the state in full with superb detail regarding the cities, transportation system, geographical features and counties. Prepared by J. H Colton for inclusion as plate no. 10 in the 1855 issue of Colton’s New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted “Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. in District Court for the Southern Dist. of New York.
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions height: 16 in (40.6 cm); width: 13 in (33 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13U218593
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Geographicus link: NewHampshire-colton-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 1, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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