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The Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey was filed by the Proprietors of East New Jersey to defend their position in a land dispute with settlers around Elizabeth. This is the first of the volume's three maps, which provides geographical context for the early grants and charters relevant to the dispute. The involvement of Boston engraver James Turner is evidence of the town's pre-eminence in the mid-18th century: when the Bill's author James Alexander needed the maps engraved, Benjamin Franklin advised him that Philadelphia?s craftsmen were not up to the job and recommended Turner instead.
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0r96fq20b
label
Map no. I
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
0r96fq20b
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map no. I
description
The Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey was filed by the Proprietors of East New Jersey to defend their position in a land dispute with settlers around Elizabeth. This is the first of the volume's three maps, which provides geographical context for the early grants and charters relevant to the dispute. The involvement of Boston engraver James Turner is evidence of the town's pre-eminence in the mid-18th century: when the Bill's author James Alexander needed the maps engraved, Benjamin Franklin advised him that Philadelphia?s craftsmen were not up to the job and recommended Turner instead.
date
["1747"]
year
1747
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016155
creators
Turner, James, -1759
Parker, James, 1714-1770
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
New Jersey--Maps--Early works to 1800
New Jersey--Boundaries--Maps--Early works to 1800
Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Stair, John Dalrymple, Earl of, 1673-1747
Bond, Benjamin
subjectsGeographic
New Jersey
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New Jersey
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1
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import
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
40
schema:longitude
-75
extent
1 map ; 39 x 32 cm, folded to 19 x 12 cm
notes
Covers area from Boston to Cape Hatteras with New Jersey partition and northern boundary lines.
Prime meridian: London.
"Engraved & printed by James Turner near the Town House Boston."
Includes names of the places in English and their Dutch equivalents.
Includes decorative cartouche.
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no
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0r96fq20b
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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