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KY-TN103 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT & CO. "A New Map of Tennessee with Its Roads and Distances from Place to Place along the Stage and Steam Boat Routes. Published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.” Phila. 1850. Colored. 11¼X15½. Finely detailed map of the State shows counties in different colors and depicts cities, towns, villages, canals, roads and railroads. Includes 2 inset maps 1. Environs of Knoxville and 2. Environs of Nashville plus listings of Steam Boat Routes from 1. Nashville to Pittsburg, Pa, 2. Florence to New Orleans and 3. Nashville to New Orleans. The land distances from town to town are noted along the roads. From Cowperthwait's “A New Universal Atlas.” Published in Philadelphia in 1850 and based on the earlier map by Tanner of 1836.

KY-TN104 - T. G. BRADFORD “Tennessee” Boston. 1835. Colored. 7½X10. Finely drawn and engraved early map of Tennessee shows outlines of counties and all primary towns and settlements and rivers throughout the State. Also shows the location of the Great Smokey Mountains along the border of North Carolina. From “A Comprehensive Atlas” published by W. D. Ticknor in Boston, 1835. 

KY-TN105 - T. G. BRADFORD “Tennessee” Phila. 1838. Colored. 11½X14¼. Handsome and colorful map of the State shows counties in different colors and primary towns and settlements. Includes the Mississippi and Tennessee Rivers and the locations of the Great Smokey Mountains on the border of North Carolina. From “An Illustrated Atlas” published by E. J. Grant & Co. Philadelphia 1838 and engraved by G. W. Boynton.

KY-TN106 - JOHNSON & BROWNING “Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee by Johnson & Browning.” NY. 1862. Colored. 17X24. Large (double folio) map shows the 2 States in fine detail with counties in different colors. Depicts cities, towns & settlements, roads, rivers, railroads, lakes and mountains. Includes 3 finely engraved vignettes 1.) State House, Nashville, 2.) Navy Yard, Memphis, 3.) Entrance to the Mammoth Cave. Includes a decorative border frame. The map was published in Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas compiled and enlarged under the Supervision of J. H. Colton and A. J. Browning in 1862.

KY-TN107 - J. BIEN “Topographical Map of the Battle of Nashville, Tenn. 15th & 16th. Dec. 1864.” NY. 1891. Colored. 16½X27. Fine Civil War map of Nashville shows a street block plan of the City encircled by the Cumberland River. Depicts the tracks of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad & the Tennessee-Alabama Railroad. Locates Forts Negley & Casino, the School House & includes names of property owners, & shows cultivated land in between turnpike roads. Also included on the map sheet are some small maps depicting the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. & another map of a portion of the Battle of Nashville. The topography on the map is well-drawn & very detailed & presents a fine view of Nashville & it's surrounding countryside in the late 19th century. Published by Julius Bien (1826-1909) a foremost lithographer & printer the map was issued in “The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies. 1861-1865.”

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