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CON102 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Harbor of New Haven” Wash. D. C. 1846. 17X13½. B/W. Locates Fairhaven and West Haven, Fort Wooster and Fort Hale. Shows many detailed soundings. Notes tides, beacons & includes navigational notes. A nice chart.

CON103 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Harbor of New Haven" Wash. D. C. 1872. 30½X22¼. B/W. Large very detailed chart of the harbor with soundings, depths, tides, elevations, sailing directions. Includes detailed navigational notes. (Excellent condition)

CON107 - G. ELDRIDGE "Clinton, Conn." Boston 1901. B/W. Chart locates Clinton & the Indian River. The Hammonasset River. Sandy Pt. ls. Kelsey's Pt. Hammock Pt. Hammonasset Pt. Shoreline topography shows many soundings & shoals; channels, courses, buoys, beacons, rocks, anchorage. Includes navigational notes & references. Compass rose. Tide rise 5ft. 

CON108 - G. ELDRIDGE "Stratford, Conn." Boston 1901. B/W. 19X14. Chart shows Stratford Pt. Peconic, Milford Pt. The Housatonic River. Crimbo Pt. Many soundings & shoals. Notes on bottoms. Channel, courses, anchorage.Buoys, beacons, & locates the 'ICY., N. H. & M. R. R. railroad bridge. Duck Is. & Little Duck. Tide rise 6 ft. Compass rose.

CON109 - G. ELDRIGE "Westbrook & Duck Island Roads, Conn." Boston 1901. B/W. 14X19. Chart locates Westbrook Harbor with shoals & many soundings. Duck Is. with breakwater  at Duck Is. Roads. Menunketesuck Pt. The Patchogue R. & Menunketesuck River. Chart includes course, buoys, beacons, rocks, ledges, bottoms & anchorages. Includes navigational notes. Compass rose.

CON110 - G. ELDRIGE “Black Rock, Conn.” Boston 1901. 11X14.B/W. Chart shows wharves at Black  Rock. Fayerweather Is. & Black Rock Lt. Shoreline topography shows many soundings & shoal areas, breakwater. Buoys, beacons, Includes notes on bottoms. Tide rise to 7 ft. Compass rose. (Chart has been remargined along top edge otherwise good.)

CON111 - G. ELDRIDGE “New Haven, Conn.” Boston 1901. 19X14. B/W. Chart shows wharves at New Haven. Fair Haven, West Haven. Entrance to the harbor at South End & Morgan Pt.  & Merwin Pt. & Oyster River Pt. Locates Southwest Ledge & East & West Breakwaters Sandy Pt. Fort Hale, Shag Bank. Shows shoreline topography with many soundings & shoals. Dredged channel & courses. Buoys & beacons, anchorages. Tide rise 6 ft.

CON112 - G. ELDRIDGE “Bridgeport, Conn.” Boston 1901. 19X14. B/W. Chart shows Bridgeport, East Bridgeport & West Stratford. Locates wharves, breakwater. Johnsons Cr. Lewis Gut. Pleasure Beach. Seaside Park. Tongue Pt. Yellow Mill Pond. Shoreline topography with many soundings & shoals. Includes channels, courses, buoys, beacons, anchorages. Notes on bottoms. Tide rise 7¼ ft.

CON114 - G. ELDRIDGE “Captain's ID Harbor and Greenwich, Conn. Port Chester. N.Y.” Boston. c.1913. B/W. 14X19. Chart shows shoreline contours from Manursing Island and Port Chester, N.Y. to Great Captain and Little Captain's Islands & Cormorant reef. Depicts Calf & Huckleberry Islands, Belle Haven & Field Point and thence to Greenwich harbor with sailing lines indicated into the harbor. Includes many depth soundings; Hen & Chickens ledges, buoys & beacons & sunken rocks and other dangers. From Eldridge's “Book of Harbor Charts”.

CON116 - G. ELDRIDGE “Darien River & Scotts Cove, Conn.” Boston. c. 1913. B/W. 14X19. Chart shows shoreline topography from Noroton Neck & the Darien River to Long Neck Pt and thence to Scotts Cove & the Fish Islands. Many depth soundings appear offshore & around the shoreline showing shoals & low water regions; anchorages, sailing lines, buoys & beacons. A fine chart from Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts.

CON122 - G. ELDRIDGE “Guilford, Conn.” Boston. c 1908. B/W. 19¼X14. Chart shows the shoreline from Mulberry Point to Guilford Point, then to Guilford & Hogshead Point. Depicts reefs, shoals & many depth soundings throughout the region. Includes beacons, buoys & anchorages. A very nice chart.

CON123 - G. ELDRIDGE “Black Rock” and “Entrance to Connecticut River, or Saybrook Harbor, Conn.” Boston. c.1908. B/W. 19X14. Two fine charts on one sheet show 1) the shoreline around Black Rock, Burr and Cedar Creeks & the shoal areas around Fayerweather Island, and 2) the Connecticut River entrance at Lynde Point & Saybrook Lt, to Poverty Point, and Great Island to Saybrook Point and North Cove. Depicts many depth soundings & shoal areas with notes on tides and indications of anchorages. Includes beacons & buoys. 

CON124 - G. ELDRIDGE “New London”. Boston. c.1908. B/W. 19X13½. Chart shows the entrance to the Thames River showing New London with wharves & Groton & Fort Griswold on the opposite shore. Depicts the coastline from Goshen Pt over to Bluff Pt & the Poguonock River & Bushy Point Beach & shows many small islands offshore with detailed depth soundings into the River. Includes beacons & buoys, sailing lines & anchorages. 

CON127 - G. ELDRIDGE “Branford. Conn.” Boston. 1901-09. B/W. 14X19. Excellent harbor chart shows the shoreline from Branford Cove to Mansfield Pt., the East Haven River and Darrows Island. Depicts Branford & Branford Point, Indian Neck, Malltry's Cove to Spectacle Island and Moon Rock. Includes depth soundings, buoys, beacons, courses and sailing lines, tides and anchorages. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 18.

CON129 - G. ELDRIDGE “Fishers Island Sound. Conn.” Boston. 1901-09. B/W. 14X19. Very detailed chart shows Fishers Island and the Sound and the Connecticut shore from Mumford's Point and Cove to Noank, Mystic, Mason Island, Stonington to Little Narragansett Bay and Watch Hill Point. Locates Hawk's Nest Point, Clay Point, and East Point on Fishers Island and the West Harbor anchorage. The chart also depicts courses through the Sound to New London Entrance and the Bartlett's Reef Lightship, and includes detailed depth soundings overall, with buoys, beacons, and low water areas. An excellent chart from George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts, New York to Boston. No. 27.

CON131 - D. H. HURD “U. S. Coast Survey. Norwalk Islands to Southwest Ledge. Long Island Sound.” Wash D.C. 1893. Blue/white coloration. 17X27. Chart shows the shoreline from the Norwalk and Saugatuck Rivers and the Norwalk Islands, to Southport, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, West Haven, New Haven, Fairhaven & East Haven. Depicts the Housatonic River and hundreds of depth soundings offshore, and small islands, rocks, & shoals, beacons and buoys. Includes navigational notes on soundings, lights, bottoms and buoys. A very detailed chart published in D. C. Hurd's “Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut” 1893. Good detail of the coast.

CON132 - G. ELDRIDGE “Stamford, Conn.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 19X14. Very fine chart shows Stamford located at the entrance to the Mill River and a Ship Channel branching off it at Pine Island. Depicts Shippan Pt, the Stamford Yacht Club House, Stamford Light, Peck's Pt. Davenport Pt, Cook's Pt., and includes anchorages, depth soundings, shoals, buoys and beacons, rocks, ledges and courses. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No 10. 

CON133 - G. ELDRIDGE “South Norwalk, Sheffield Id. and Cockenoe Id. Harbors, Conn.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 14X19. Chart shows the shoreline from Scott's Cove and Fish Islands to Sheffield Harbor and Wilson's Pt., Sheffield Id, South and East Norwalk, Ram Id, Keyser Pt. Chimon's Id, Cockenoe Harbor, Calf Pasture Point and Cockenoe Id. Includes anchorages, depth soundings, buoys and beacons, rocks and ledges and courses. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.12, 

CON134 - G. ELDRIDGE “Milford.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 19X14. Chart shows Milford on the Wepowage River and Indian River branching off it. Depicts Charles Id, Cedar Pt, Pond Pt and large shoal areas around shorelines. Includes depth soundings, buoys and beacons, anchorages and detailed sailing lines (courses) for entering the harbor area. An excellent chart for harbor navigation. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts, New York to Boston. No. 16. 

CON135 - G. ELDRIDGE “Thimble Islands and Stony Creek, Conn.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 14X19. Very detailed chart shows the shoreline from Blackstone Rocks to Stony Creek, Flying Pt., Hoadly Pt. Harrison Pt, Clarke Pt, Island Bay, Joshua Cove & Pt. Sachem Head & Goose Rocks Shoals. Locates and names all the Thimble Islands and shows sailing lines (courses) threading through them with buoys and beacons, depth soundings, shoals, rocks, ledges and other dangers. Includes notes on tides and anchorages and depicts offshore reefs at the entrance to the harbor. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No.19.

CON136 - D. H. HURD “North Part of Middlesex County, Connecticut.” Boston. 1893. Colored. 18X28. Excellent county map shows the City of Middletown and the townships of Middletown, Cromwell, Portland, Durham, Haddam, Chatham & Middlefield. Depicts the Connecticut River flowing south from North Cromwell down to East Haddam & Goodspeed Landing Post Office. Includes all principal towns and villages, rivers and hills and Pocotopaug Lake. A very fine map from “Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Published in 1893. 

CON137 - D. H. HURD “North Part of New London County, Connecticut.” Boston. 1893. Colored. 18X28. Fine county map shows the City of Norwich and the Thames River & Thamesville. Depicts the townships of Colchester, Bozrah, Lebanon, Franklin, Sprague, Lisbon, Griswold, Preston and Voluntown and includes a small inset chart of the “West Part of the Town of Colchester.” The map shows all major towns and villages, roads and railroads, hills, rivers, brooks, and Post Offices. This excellent map was published in the “Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Boston. 1893. 

CON138 - S. LEWIS “Connecticut.” Philadelphia. 1804. Colored. 8X10. Finely detailed map drawn by Samuel Lewis (c.1754-1822) a well respected geographer and draughtsman in the early 19th century in Philadelphia, where he drew maps for many of the most prominent American map makers. He was also an aide to General George Washington. This excellent map of Connecticut shows the Post Road running from Greenwich in the south to Fairfield, New Haven and Hartford and on upstate past Enfield and Suffield toward the Massachusetts border. The Connecticut River is shown flowing down the State to Long Island Sound where a Ferry is indicated crossing the river, & where another Post Road is shown leading to New London. The map depicts all the major cities towns & villages inland, and all the harbors, bays and offshore islands along the coast. In 1804 Lewis worked with Aaron Arrowsmith on “A New and Elegant General Atlas” in which this map was published by John Conrad & Company in Philadelphia. (Ref. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Rev. Ed. K-P. Page 129.)

CON139 - J. MEYER “Connecticut 1846.” Hildburghausen 1846. Colored. 12X14¼. Attractive and finely engraved map of Connecticut by a prominent German cartographer and publisher, Joseph Meyer (1796-1856) includes two inset maps of 1. Hartford, and 2. New Haven. The detail of the cities, towns and harbors is excellent as the Germans were fine engravers, and the map depicts roads, rivers, canals, mountains and the coast from Greenwich to Westerly, Rhode Island including all the capes, bays harbors and offshore islands. In top left is a table of reference to the population of both counties and county towns, as of 1830. The map was published in “Meyer's Hand Atlas” in Germany in 1846. 

CON140 - H. S. TANNER “Connecticut.” Philadelphia. 1839. Colored. 11X14. Intensely detailed map shows Counties in different colors and depicts all major cities, towns and harbors, post roads, canals & railroads & locates churches, taverns and the Court House. The Connecticut River is depicted flowing south from Massachusetts down the State to where it exits at Lynds Point, and the Housatonic River flows down the western side of the State to Long Island Sound to it's entrance between Milford and Stratford Points. The map includes Population Tables for Counties and County Towns as of 1840. Two inset charts are drawn in lower right 1. Hartford, Etc. and 2. New Haven, Etc. Engraved by E. B. Dawson, under the direction of Henry Schenk Tanner (1786-1858) a well-known engraver and publisher, the map was included in “A New Universal Atlas” published by Carey & Hart in 1839-1840. (Note: Henry Tanner was thought to be the first native-born American to devote his career to publishing. Ref. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. Rev. Ed. Q-Z. Page. 347.) 

CON141 - D. H. HURD “Central Part. City of Hartford. Connecticut.” Boston. 1893. Colored. 18X28. Map shows detailed street block plans of the City with parks, commercial buildings, churches, cemeteries, dwellings and depicts the tracks of the New York, New Haven, Hartford and New England Railroad snaking through the City from south to north. Map also shows the Connecticut River with steamboat landings and a Toll Bridge leading to East Hartford. The 1st to the 8th Ward comprise the central part of the City. From “The Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut.” Published in Boston in 1893. (On verso are maps of the Borough of Southington, Manchester. Town of Manchester, Broad Brook, Town of East Windsor & Suffield, Town of Suffield. Hartford County.)

CON144 - F. W. BEERS “Town of Norwalk.” NY. 1867. Colored. 16X12½. Very detailed town map shows the Norwalk Islands offshore and the Norwalk River. Depicts Chimons Island, Ram & Smith's Islands, Keysers Island and Tavern Island owned by the Norwalk Oysterman's Association. The map names all property owners, post offices, the Turn Pike Road, railroads and locates business and commercial properties. An inset map in lower left depicts “Winnipauk” on the Norwalk River with it's woolen and felt mills, stone quarry and stores. From Frederick W. Beers “Atlas of New York and Vicinity” published in New York in 1867.

CON145 - F. W. BEERS “Plan of Stamford. Fairfield County. Conn.” NY. 1867. Colored. 21X25. Wonderfully detailed town plan shows and names all property owners and estates, businesses, streets, railroads, post offices, cemeteries, churches, schools, the Stamford Canal and the Shippan Trotting Course. Includes detailed listings of merchants, carriage manufacturers, blacksmiths, carpenters, builders and painters, lawyers, physicians, banks, and hotels. The Plan was issued folded in F. W. Beer's “Atlas of New York and Vicinity.” in 1867. Published on thin paper the plan has been flattened and conserved and is ready for framing. in very good condition.

CON146 - G. ELDRIDGE “South Norwalk, Sheffield Id. and Cockenoe Id. Harbors.” Boston. 1901-1908. B/W. 14X19. Fine harbor chart shows Scott's Cove & Fish Islands, Five Mile River, Roton Point, Wilson's Point, Sheffield Island & Harbor. Locates Ram Island, South Norwalk & the Norwalk River, Calf Pasture Point, Cockenoe Island & Harbor, & Chimon's Island. Depicts hundreds of depth soundings, ledges, rocks, shoals, lights, buoys & courses. This excellent harbor chart was published in George Eldridge's “Book of Harbor Charts” New York to Boston. No. 12. Good condition.

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