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RI-105 - G. ELDRIDGE "Providence River, Rhode Island" Boston 1901. 19X14. B/W. Fine large chart shows the river from Rocky Pt. & Nayat Pt. to Providence & East Providence and the Dry Dock. Locates Pawtucket, Sabine Pt. Kettle Pt. Conimicut Pt. Edgewood, Gaspee Pt. Many soundings, shoal areas, ledges, rocks, channel, anchorages, buoys, beacons, coves. Also locates the American Ship Windlass Co. and the Almy Water Tube Boiler Co. on the river in Providence. Navigational notes on buoys, bottoms, tides. Compass rose.

RI-107 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Coasters Harbor & Approaches" Rhode Island. Wash. D. C.1862. 10X12½. B/W. Chart shows many soundings, Notes on tides, buoys and rocks. Locates Coddington Cove, Bishop Rock, Rose Is. Newport Harbor Light and block plan of Newport.

RI-109 - E. & G. W. BLUNT "Newport Harbor" N. Y. 1827. Colored. 8X7½. Small but very detailed chart of the harbor with many soundings out to Brenton's Reef. Block plan of  Newport. Notes "spring tides six feet, neaps, three to four." Locates ledges,. rocks, Coasters Harbor & Is. Rose Is. Coddingtons Cove. Dutch Is. Fort Adams and Castle Hill

RI-114 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Port of Providence" Rhode Island. Wash. D. C. 1865. B/W. 20X15½. Finely detailed chart shows many soundings; Watchmoket Cove, Seekonk River, Providence & East Providence. Old Maids Cove, Kettle Point, Fields Point. Starvegoat Is. Locates rocks, areas of eel grass, banks & beacons. Area noted as "4 times infected by fever" also "proposed outfall of sewer" and "proposed syphon sewer." Includes navigational notes on tides, soundings & bottoms.

RI-115 - G. ELDRIDGE "Newport" Boston 1901. B/W with red accents. 14X19. Chart shows the entrance to Narragansett Bay and Newport Harbor with block plan of the town with wharves. Locates Commercial Wharf, Coaster's Harbor, Rose Is. Goat Is. The Neck with Brenton Pt & Castle Hill & Fort Adams. Conanicut Is. and Mackerel Cove. Dutch Island, Sanderstown, Jamestown, Whale Rock, Beaver Tail Lt. Shows many soundings, buoys, lights & beacons, courses, the Brenton Reef Light Ship, anchorages, ledges. Includes navigational notes on tides, buoys & bottoms. Excellent overall detail. 

RI-117 - U. S. COAST SURVEY "Warren River, Rhode Island" Wash. D. C. 1866. Colored. 19½X14½. Fine vertical chart shows Warren with wharves & Rumstick Neck, the Barrington River and Tylers point. Little Island, Smith's Cove, Allen's Rock Beacon, & Jacobs Point. Hundreds of soundings appear in the river, with shoals & other dangers noted. Includes navigational notes on tides, soundings & bottoms. An excellent chart. Finely detailed. 

RI-122 - G. ELDRIDGE "Greenwich & Apponaug, R. I." Boston. c.1908. B/W. 19X14. Two fine charts on one sheet show, at the top, East Greenwich & Long Point on Potowomut Neck to Arnold's Neck, Apponaug & the Apponaug River to Brush Neck, Horse Neck & Warwick Neck. Many soundings appear around shorelines with sailing lines, anchorages, shoals & ledges. Wickford is drawn on the lower sheet with many depth soundings around shorelines & extensive shoal areas. Includes sailing lines, beacons & buoys. 

RI-123 - G. ELDRIDGE "Warren, R. I." Boston. c.1908. B/W.19X13¼. Chart shows Rumstick Neck & Shoal, Smith's Cove, Jacob's Pt., Warren Harbor with wharves & the Barrington River. Many soundings appear in the Bay & River areas with extensive shoal areas around the shorelines. Includes sailing lines & best anchorages. Buoys and Beacons.

RI-124 - G. ELDRIDGE "Fall River, Mass. (Includes Rhode Island)." Boston. c1908. B/W. 19X13½. Fine chart shows Bristol Harbor & Neck & Hog Island. Mount Hope Bay. Warren Neck, Gardner's Neck, Sewammock Neck & Fall River on the opposite shore in Massachusetts. Many soundings appear in the Bay & chart includes shoals, ledges, rocks, sailing lines, anchorages, beacons & buoys. 

RI-131 - U. S. COAST SURVEY “Newport harbor and Approaches. Rhode Island.” Wash. D.C. 1864. B/W. 16½X12½. Finely engraved chart shows block plan of Newport Harbor, in Narragansett Bay and includes Coasters Harbor, Coddington Cove, Connanicut and Rose Islands. Depicts many depth soundings, lighthouses, buoys and rocky ledges. Locates Castle Hill, Fort Adams and the Dumplings. An excellent chart.

RI-135 - CAREY & LEA “Geographical, Statistical and Historical Map of Rhode Island.” Phila. 1822. Colored. 16½X20½. Very colorful map of Rhode Island and Block Island on a sheet with paragraphs of informative text on either side of the map. The data presented covers all aspects of Rhode Island and it's rivers, bays, islands, climate, manufactures, government, religion and history. Includes a list of Governors from 1653-1821 and Civil Divisions & Population from 1790-1820. The map shows counties in different colors and includes a decorative compass rose in top right. From Carey & Lea's “American Atlas”, 1822.

RI-137 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Part of the City of Newport” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20½X30. This fine map covers Ward No.2 from Coddington Point and Newport Harbor to Middletown locating and naming property owners and the sizes of their holdings. Shows Coddington Avenue, Malbone Road, Farewell Street and the track of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the Old Colony System, Providence Division. A reference table at the top of the map shows symbols for iron, brick, wood, and stone buildings, a hot house, street car railroad, fire hydrants, sewers and public and private streets. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.” 1895

RI-140 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Part of City of Newport. Plate 4.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. This excellent map shows Wards 4 and 5 and locates Goose Neck Cove & Cherry Neck Creek, the Newport Hospital, Lily Pond, Almys Pond, Gooseberry Island, Bailey's Beach and Bellevuie Avenue. Along the Avenue and on the shorefront are the large estates of S.E. Ingersoll, William Waldorf Astor, John Jacob Astor, C.M. Bell, Perry Belmont, Ogden Mills, Mrs. A.E. Vanderbilt, O.H.P. Belmont and many more. Map includes Coggleshalls Ledge, Midship Rock, Rough Point, Sheep Point and Spouting Rocks. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.”

RI-141 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Part of City of Newport. Plate 5.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Very striking map shows the Newport Country Club, Golf Links and Polo Grounds in center with surrounding roads, Moorland, Harrison, Prices Neck and Ocean Avenue. Depicts property owners and their acreages and locates Newport Harbor in top left with Brenton's Cove and in top right shows Prices Neck, the property of J.N.A. Griswold and includes an inset map of the U.S. Life Saving Station. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.” 

RI-142 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “U. S. Government Properties. Newport Rhode Island. Plate 6.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Fine map shows 1. Fort Adams & Brenton's Neck, 2. Torpedo Station. Fort Walcott. Goat Island, 3. Training Station & Naval College. Coaster's Harbor Island. An Index Map of Southern Rhode Island is depicted in top right comprising Bristol, Kent, Newport and Washington Counties, Rhode Island. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.”

RI-146 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Town of East Greenwich. Kent County, R.I.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. This fine map of Greenwich with Greene's Corner in Center was drawn in two sections with a full plan of East Greenwich on left side of the sheet and a sub-plan of the region in larger scale on right side showing Greenwich Cove on the eastern boundary. The map shows street block plans with names of property owners, businesses and public builidngs. From Everts and Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.” 

RI-149 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Apponaug, Hills Grove, Lincoln Park, Norwood and Buttonwoods. Town of Warwick. R.I.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Map shows very detailed plans of 5 regions in the Town of Warwick, Rhode Island. Locates street block plans with names of property owners and businesses, steam railroads, street car railroads, rivers, ponds coves, the Apponaug River and Cowesett Bay. Excellent detail. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.”

RI-150 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Riverview and Bayside, Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Shawomet and Warwick Neck. Plate 3.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Map shows very detailed plans of 5 regions in the Town of Warwick. Locates street block plans and names of property owners and businesses and depicts the Narragansett Bay shoreline, Cowesett Bay, the Providence River, Old Warwick Cove and Brush Neck Cove and includes Plats and Lots for all areas covered by the map. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.”

RI-151 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Pawtuxet and Lakewood. Plate 4. Town of Warwick. R.I.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 30X20. Map shows Pawtuxet Cove and River and the Providence River. Depicts street block plans of Pawtuxet and Lakewood showing buildings, large estates and Plats and Lots.Includes an inset map of Pontiac. Town of Warwick on the Pawtuxet River with the estates of B. B. R. Knight and the Outer Arnold Plat. Fine detail. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.”

RI-152 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “River Point. Town of Warwixk. Plate 5.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 30X20. Map locates Phenix, Lippitt, Clyde, Arctic and Arctic Center and the north and south branches of the Pawtuxet River. Depicts street block plans with property owners estates, business and commecial properties & includes Plats and Building Lots, railroad tracks for the Steam Railroad and the Street Car Railroad. Excellent detail. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.” 

RI-153 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Crompton, Town of Warwick and Natick, Town of Warwick. Plate 6.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Fine map with two town plans on one sheet. The Natick Plan shows Natick Pond and the Pawtuxet River. The estate of B.B & R. Knight and street block plans with public buildings and private residences. The Crompton Plan shows the Pawtuxet River and Crompton Mills. Centreville and the estate of Herbert B. Barton. Depicts the library, cemeteries, stores, schools and the property of the Crompton Company. Both town plans show Plats and Lots and railroad tracks. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.” Excellent detail.

RI-154 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “Old Warwick & Cowesett. Plate 7.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Very detailed map with two town plans on one sheet. The Old Warwick Plan shows private estates on Old Warwick Cove with the Smith's Shore Plat. A blacksmith's shop, the Thomas Spencer Ice House on Little Pond, Friends Meeting House, Shawomet Church, Parsonage, schools and the League Library. The plan of Cowesett shows Drum Rock Hill, the estate of Mrs. Alfred A. Reed and the shoreline of Cowesett Bay locating Chipiwanoxet. An inset map in top left shows Little Pond Lot. Property of Thomas Spencer. Includes a table of references in top right. Fine detail. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of Southern Rhode Island.”

RI-155 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “City of Pawtucket. Plate 1.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Fine city plan shows St. Francis Cemetery in center, with streets and public buildings. Cotton and Worsted Mills, Narragansett Machine Co. & the Dexter Land Co. property and a number of private estates with their acreages and names of property owners. The track of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad is depicted crossing the City, as well as street car routes and the Moshassuck Valley Railroad. The Blackstone Canal is shown weaving its way across the City bordered by commercial and private properties. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.” 

RI-156 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “City of Pawtucket. Plate 2.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. Excellent city plan shows the Pawtucket River and Riverside Cemetery in center, bordered by manufacturing plants and private estates. Hammonds Pond is drawn in upper right and Pawtucket Avenue and East Avenue are located crossing the City bordered by streets with public buildings and private properties with names of owners and sizes of acreages. Fine detail. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.”

RI-158 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “City of Pawtucket. Plate. 4.” Phila. 1895. Colored. 20X30. This fine city plan shows Memorial Park in center and the Ten Mile River flowing southward from the Brook Street crossing down to the E. H. Reynolds property and the Rumford Chemical Works. The rest of the plan shows privae properties and estates with names of owners and sizes of acreages, and the Boston and Newport Road runs through the City center from north to south bordered on its western side by street block plans and on its east side by the Memorial Park. An excellent plan. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.” 

RI-159 - EVERTS &RICHARDS “City of Pawtucket. Plate 5.” Phila. 1895 Colored. 20X30. Excellent city plan bordered on the west side by the Oak Grove and Walnut Hill Cemeteries and on ithe east side by the Ten Mile River and the State boundary of Massachusetts. Hammonds Pond is located in lower left and Brook Steet and Central Avenue are the primary roads crossing the City bordered by private estates and properties with names of owners and sizes of acreages. An area named Darlinngton appears in upper left. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.”

RI-160 - EVERTS & RICHARDS “City of Pawtucket. Plate 6.” Phila. 1895. 20X30 Colored. Fine city plan bordered by the Blackstone River on the west side and the Ten Mile River on the east side, depicts street block plans and private properties with names of owners and sizes of acreages. Locates the Howard & Bullough American Machine Co. Ltd property and notes the area of the Home Building Plat. 1. The plan features the Massachusetts boundaries & primary roads connecting Rhode island and Massachusetts. From Everts & Richards “Atlas of the Southern Part of Rhode Island.”

RI-162 - F. W. BEERS “Cranston. Providence Co. R.I.” NY 1870. Colored. 12X14½. Map shows Districts in different colors and locates Knightsville, Bellefonte, Elmville, Pawtucket and Fiskville. Depicts the Cranston Print Works property, and private properties and names of owners. Map locates the Pawtuxet River and the Hartford, Providence & Fishkill RR. From Beer's “Atlas of Rhode Island” published in 1870. Good detail overall. 

RI-164 - F. W. BEERS “East Providence. Providence Co. R.I.” NY 1870. Colored. 14½X12. Fine map shows block plan of Providence and the Watchemoket Post Office. Depicts Districts in different colors and locates private properties with owners names and shows many smaller towns like Ocean Cottage, Vue Deleau, Cedar Grove, Omega, Leonard's Corner and Bullocks Neck. Includes 2 inset maps showing enlargements of Omega and East Providence and in lower right is a listing of East Providence's Business Owners with their names and types of factories and plants. From Beer's “Atlas of Rhode Island” published in 1870. 

RI-165 - F. W. BEERS “North Providence. Providence Co. R.I.” NY 1870. Colored. 12X15. Map shows street block plans of North Providence, Mount Pleasant and Pawtucket. Depicts Districts in different colors and locates Allendale, Fruit Hill, Centerdale, Woodville, Manton Village, Lyman's Mill, Greystone, & Dyersville.Also indicates private properties with owners names and shows roads and railroads and the Seekonk River. Good detail. From Beer's “Atlas of Rhode Island” published in 1870.

RI-166 - U. S. COAST & GEODETIC SURVEY “United States. East Coast. Rhode Island - Connecticut- New York. Block Island Sound and Approaches.” Wash. D.C. 1941 (1944). Colored. 40X33½. Fine chart shows Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, and New York's Long Island at Montauk Point. Includes Gardner's Island, Plum Island, Great and Little Gull Islands & Fisher's Island off the coast of Connecticut. The Connecticut shore is shown from Nianrtic Bay to New London, Mystic, Stonington and thence to Watch Hill Point (Rhode Island) and Point Judith near the entrance to Narragansett Bay. The chart is dotted with hundreds of depth soundings and depicts both topographical and hydrographical details, and includes courses and navigational notes on radio beacon signals, improved channels and Fish Trap areas. The chart is a little dusty from use and has some folds but is overall in good condition. #1211.

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RI-167 - GEORGE ELDRIDGE “Great Salt Pond Harbor. West Side of Block Island” and “Block Island Harbor or Basin. East Side of Block Island.” Boston. 1909-09. B/W. 14X19. Two fine charts on one sheet show land contours around the Great Salt Pond on the west side of Block Island, and the same around Block Island Harbor on the east side of the Island. Depicts depth soundings, anchorages, low water areas, buoys and beacons and includes notes on tides. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 33.

RI-168 - G. ELDRIDGE “Westport, Narragansett Pier, & Sakonnet River.” Boston. 1913. B/W. 19X14. Three charts on one sheet depict 1.) Westport, Mass, 2.) Narragansett Pier, R.I. and 3.) Sakonnet River, R.I. Each chart includes land and harbor contours, depth soundings, beaches and shoal areas, anchorages, buoys and beacons, rocks and ledges and the chart also indicates names of harbors and adjacent towns, points, courses and sailing lines. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts, New York to Boston. No. 35. 

RI-169 - G. ELDRIDGE “Sakonnet River, R.I., Westport, Mass, & Point Judith. Harbor of Refuge, R.I.” Boston. 1913. B/W. 19X14. Three charts on one sheet shows 1.) Sakonnet River, R.I., 2.) Westport, Mass, and 3.) Point Judith, Harbor of Refuge, R.I. Each chart shows shoreline contours, depth soundings, anchorages, courses and sailing lines, and the Sakonnet River chart depicts Tiverton Four Corners, Windmill Hill, Little Compton Church Spire and Church Cove, and small islands at the Sakonnet River entrance. The Westport chart shows Westport Harbor, Horse Neck Pont and beach and Westport Point, and the Point Judith chart was included as a “Harbor of Refuge” for mariners rounding the Point into Narragansett Bay from Long Island Sound, needing a safe anchorage and a way upriver to Wakefield. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. No. 35A.

RI-172 - G. ELDRIDGE “Bristol. R. I.” Boston. 1901. B/W. 19X14. Chart shows Bristol and Popasquash Neck and Point and a section of Prudence Island. Depicts shoals and many depth soundings, courses, beacons and buoys and best anchorages. From George Eldridge’s Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. No. 32. 

RI-173 A & B - S. T. LIVERMORE “Map of Block Island” Hartford, CT. 1882-86. B/W. 14X11½. Map shows The Neck, The Great Pond, The West and East Sides & Block Island Bay. Depicts roads leading to and past dwellings, hotels & commercial buildings and locates churches, cemetery, mineral springs, windmill, Sandy Point Lighthouse, Mohegan Bluffs, Pilot Hill and Beacon Hill. Includes a booklet titled “Block Island. Map and Guide, and A History (Abridged).” written by the Rev. S. T. Livermore A.M. The booklet contains a detailed text about the island's history and a guide to the hotels, and includes engraved views of the hotels and prominent island features along with a portrait of the Rev. Livermore. The map was drawn by J. C. Thompson, Providence, R.I. who also provided a small inset chart of Mass. Conn. & R.I. showing the position of Block Island The condition of the map is excellent, but the booklet has had some minor repairs to the binding. This is a rare issue.   

RI-175 - GEORGE ELDRIDGE “Narragansett Bay.” Boston. 1901-1909. B/W. 19X14. This is a fine chart of the Bay from it's approaches by sea from Point Judith Neck and the Western Passage to Conanicut Island & Jamestown & over to Newport, & the Sakonnet River. Depicts Hen & Chicken's Ledge, Warren Point and Westport Point. In the Upper Reaches of the Bay the chart shows Prudence Island, Bristol, Warwick Neck, Warren, Fall River, Gaspee Point & W. Barrington. Includes anchorages, buoys and beacons and detailed courses for sailing into & within the Bay. From George Eldridge's Book of Harbor Charts. New York to Boston. 1901-1909. Chart #4A.

RI-177 - S. LEWIS “Rhode Island.” Phila. 1804. Colored. 10X8. Map shows townships with colored borders and includes Block Island and the eastern end of Fisher's Island in Long Island Sound. Depicts Prudence and Conanicut islands in Narragansett Bay along with Newport and Little Compton and Tiverton on the Sakonnet River. This attractive early map was drawn under the direction of Samuel Lewis (c.1754-1822) a Philadelphia geographer, publisher, draughtsman and “writing master.” His cartographic work was extremely prolific as he was the official draughtsman to the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations and he provided maps for dozens of atlases & publications. He was also an Aide to General George Washington. This attractive map was published in “A New and Elegant General Atlas” printed by John Conrad for Arrowsmith & Lewis & engraved by A. Lawson.

RI-178 - G. CRAM “Rhode Island.” Chicago. 1897. Colored. 13X9½. Very detailed & colorful map shows counties in different colors and all major cities, towns and harbors & the coast from Watch Hill Point to the Sakonnet River and Half Way Rock. Depicts all of Narragansett Bay with the islands and the harbor of Newport & includes Block Island offshore. Down the right side of the map is a table listing Counties and Chief Cities. Published by George F. Cram in “Cram's Atlas of the World Indexed” in Chicago in 1897.

RI-179 - M. CAREY “The State of Rhode Island Compiled from the Surveys and Observations of Caleb Harris by Harding Harris.” Phila.1796. Colored. 13½X9½. Attractive vintage map of Rhode Island shows small block plan of Providence with the College, all of Narragansett Bay with Conanicut Island & block plan of Newport. Depicts Warren, Pawtuxet, Mt. Hope & Mount Hope Bay, the Sakonnet River called East Passage, North Kingstown, Prudence Island & Pt. Judith at the entrance to the Bay. Locates rivers & ponds, townships & county boundaries & includes the northern tip of Block Island offshore. A decorative compass rose with fleur-de-lys pointer and a mileage scale are drawn in lower right. The map is considered to be the first American map of Rhode Island. Drawn by Harding Harris from surveys & observations of Caleb Harris, it was published in Mathew Carey's “General Atlas” in Philadelphia in 1796. No. 29. (Ref. Wheat & Brun. “Maps & Charts Published in America Before 1800.” ) Fine condition and good color.

RI-180 - G. WALKER “Topographical Survey. Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.” Boston. 1891. Colored. 19¼X14. Excellent survey shows Middletown with a block plan of Newport Harbor with Fort Walcott on Goat Island offshore, & Fort Adams on Brenton's Cove. Depicts Prudence Island & Light, Bristol Harbor & Mount Hope Bay. Locates Portsmouth with an interesting note on coal mines on it's northwest shore. The survey is dotted with notes on reefs, rocks, lights, buoys & beacons & ferries & inland shows roads & railroads and all major towns & harbors. Published by George W. Walker & Co. in 1891, for the U. S. Geological Survey.

RI-181 - G. WALKER “Topographical Survey. Narragansett Bay. Rhode Island.” Boston. 1891. Colored. 19X14. Fine map shows street block plan of Newport Harbor & depicts Coaster's Harbor, Jamestown Island, Middletown & Portsmouth. Locates Dutch Island, North & South Kingstown & the entrance to Narragansett Bay at the Brenton's Reef Lightship. Includes both topographical & hydrographical details & shows ferries, forts, beacons & buoys & small offshore islands. Published by G. W. Walker & Co. in 1891 for the U. S. Geological Survey. Excellent detail.

RI-182 - E. & G. W. BLUNT “Newport Harbor by Capt. Wadsworth, Lts. Gedney, Wilkes & Blake. U.S.N.” N.Y. 1838. Colored. 8X7½. Very detailed small chart shows street block plan of Newport Harbor. Depicts Fort Adams & Brenton's Cove, Coaster's harbor Island & Coddington's Cove, Jamestown Island with ferries connecting it to Dutch Island & Newport across Narragansett Bay. The chart is dotted with hundreds of depth soundings & Brenton's Reef is drawn at the entrance to the Bay where a large compass rose with radiating rhumb lines is situated as an aid to mariners approaching the coast prior to entering Narragansett Bay from offshore waters. Published by E. & G. W. Blunt in 1838 & included in their American Coast Pilot of 1841. The chart was engraved by William Hooker.

RI-183 - RAND AVERY “Handbook of Newport the 'Queen City of Watering Places' containing general information for visitors, concerning walks & drives, location of streets, public parks & grounds, estates, hotels, restaurants etc.” Boston. 1902. B/W. 6X9. (Map) Attractive little tourist booklet contains text & views of all the notable places to visit in Newport & includes, in the back, a fold-out birds-eye view of the town & harbor. The map depicts street block plans & the routes of the 2 steamboat lines, the Fall River Line & the Newport Line, circling the harbor. Includes wharves & piers & offshore islands, beaches, casino, the State House & the Club House, Jamestown & the Jamestown Ferry. This little gem of a booklet has an index of places under the map, and a colorful front cover that depicts 2 large sailboats racing off Newport Harbor. Printed by Rand Avery in 1902 it was published for the Passenger Dept. of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.

RI-185 - F. W. BEERS “Newport. Newport County. R.I.” NY. 1870. Colored. 15½X12. Colorful map shows the harbor of Newport & street block plan of the town. Depicts Coddington's Cove, Bishop's Rock, Coasters Island Harbor, Rose & Goat Islands, Fort Adams & the Hospital & Lime Rock Light. Castle Hill, Price's Neck, Gooseberry Island, Almays Pond & Easton's Beach & Pond. Includes names of property owners, & extent of property lines & roads. This fine map was published in F. W. Beers “Atlas of Rhode Island.” New York. 1870.

RI-186 - F. W. BEERS “Middletown. Newport County R.I.” NY 1870. Colored. 14X11½. Excellent map shows Districts in different colors, with roads & names of property owners & the track of the Old Colony & Newport Railroad. Includes 2 inset maps 1.) Adamsville & 2.) Little Compton Common, with a Business Directory for both areas. Depicts Sachuest & Smith's Beaches; & Coddington's Cove on Narragansett Bay. This finely detailed map was published in F. W. Beers “Atlas of Rhode Island” in New York 1870.

RI-187 - F. W. BEERS “Portsmouth. Newport County. R.I.” NY. 1870. Colored. 15X11½. Finely detailed map shows Districts in different colors with roads & names of property owners. Depicts Prudence Island offshore, & Byers & Hog Islands in Narragansett Bay, & the shoreline on the Saughkonnet River from The Cove & Hummock Point, down to Newtown & the Portsmouth Post Office & Curry's Point to South Portsmouth & Black Point & the border of Middletown. Includes the southern tip of Bristol & the Bristol Ferry. This attractive map was published in F. W. Beers “Atlas of Rhode Island” in New York 1870.

RI-188 - F. W. BEERS “New Shoreham. Newport Co.R.I.” NY. 1870. Colored. 14½X11½. This fine map of Block Island depicts Districts in different colors & shows Sandy Point Light, Sachems Pond, Salt Pond, roads, all major towns & villages & Old Harbor Point. Includes names of property owners & on one side of the map sheet is a highly detailed Business Directory listing the names of attorneys, booksellers, butchers, grocery & hardware merchants, city officers, coal & wood dealers, druggists, hotels, physicians etc. The overall map provides a great insight into life on Block Island in the late 19th century. Published in F. W. Beers “Atlas of Rhode Island” in New York in 1870.

RI-189 - E. & G. W. BLUNT “Newport Harbor. By Capt. Wadsworth. Lts. Gedney, Wilkes & Blake. U.S.N.” New York 1850. Colored. 8¼X7½. Small, but very detailed chart depicts a block plan of Newport Harbor with wharves & piers, across Narragansett Bay from Conanicut Island (Jamestown). Shows Coaster's Island Harbor, Fort Adams on the Neck, Rose Island, Goat Island & Dutch Island. Hundreds of depth soundings are indicated in the Bay & around the islands, indicating course lines & a compass rose is placed in lower right as an aid to mariners entering Narragansett Bay from offshore. The chart was drawn in 1847 for the 16th Edition of Edmund Blunt's “American Coast Pilot.” Then reduced & engraved by William Hooker for the 1850 Edition. Edmund March Blunt (1770-1862) was a well-known publisher of charts & pilots in the early 19th century, & his “American Coast Pilot” went through many editions from 1796-1867. This is an attractive chart in very nice condition.

RI-190 - U. S. TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS “Proposed Work. Newport Harbor. R. I. Dredging at Goat Island Spit.” Wash, D.C. 1893. Colored. 8X8. Small but very detailed map of Newport & part of Narragansett Bay compiled by the U.S. Corps of Engineers from a U.S. Coast Survey chart of 1884. Depicts Conanicut Island, Coasters Island harbor, Coddington Cove, Rose Island & Goat Island off Newport Harbor, with the location of a U.S. Torpedo Station. Many depth soundings are indicated in the Bay & the map includes an inset titled Newport & Vicinity. This is an attractive little chart of Newport & Narragansett Bay.

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