[A map of part of Pennsylvania & Maryland intended to shew, at one view, the several places proposed for opening a communication between the waters of the Delaware & Chesopeak Bays]

Metadata

Creator	Fisher, Thomas, 1741-1810
Engraver	Smither, James, 1741-1797
Publisher	American Philosophical Society
Date	[1771]
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:490,000]
Language	English
Location	George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)	Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects	Roads--Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800 Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800 Delaware--Maps--Early works to 1800 Maryland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Delaware Maryland North and Central America Pennsylvania United States
Extent	1 map ; 33 x 42 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Shows area of mouth of Delaware River and head of Chesapeake Bay with proposed new roads identified. Accompanies "An abstract of Sunday papers and propasals for improving the inland navigation of Pennsylvania and Maryland" in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. At upper right: Plate VII, fig 1. Includes illustration of a machine for cutting files, labeled Fig. 2.