Description: Map of Downtown Cincinnati in 1869. The map depicts the areas between Seventh St. and Water St. and Smith St. and Main St. Pictured in the map are the Ohio Medical College. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 1867_Cincinnati_Atlas_PartIV
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Map drawing; Historical map
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is a reproduction of a military map created by cartographer John Melish and included in his "Military and Topographical Atlas of the United States Including the British Possessions and Florida" (published in 1813 and 1815). The visual components of Melish's atlas depict areas affected by the War of 1812, and the text vividly describes their geography. "Map of the Seat of War in North America" accompanies the atlas' first chapter, "Description of the Seat of War in North America." The map includes four of the Great Lakes in their entirety (only the tip of Lake Superior is represented); the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence; the Atlantic Ocean to the edge of Newfoundland and the tip of Delaware; "Upper" and "Lower Canada;" all or part of fifteen states (including Ohio); Michigan Territory; and the eastern edges of Illinois Territory and Indiana Territory. The map shows the mileage between cities, towns, and settlements. It also includes a table of population. Its dimensions are 21.5 x 15.5 inches. John Melish (1771-1822) was born in Scotland and apprenticed to a cotton maker. His job brought him to America at various times, and he settled permanently in Philadelphia in 1811. He wrote extensively of his travels in America during the early 19th century and became one of his adopted country's best cartographers during this period. His most famous map, published in 1816, depicted the United States from coast to coast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06940
Subjects: Maps--United States; Historical map; Canada--Maps; Map drawing; Melish, John, 1771-1822
 

Description: This image is a reproduction of a map of the United States created in 1820 by cartographer John Melish (1771-1822.) the map is included in C.V. Lasvoisne's "A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological and Geographical Atlas" (Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1820). The original print was a color lithograph. Melish titled his map " United States of America compiled from the latest & best Authorities." The map scale is 120 miles to the inch. The map depicts the area bounded by New Brunswick, Canada, on the east; Missouri Territory on the west; the Great Lakes region (Canada and the U.S.) on the north; and Florida and present-day northern Mexico on the south. John Melish (1771-1822) was born in Scotland and apprenticed to a cotton maker. His job brought him to America at various times, and he settled permanently in Philadelphia in 1811. He wrote extensively of his travels in America during the early 19th century and became one of his adopted country's best cartographers during this period. His most famous map, published in 1816, depicted the United States from coast to coast. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06994
Subjects: Maps--United States; Historical map; Map drawing; Melish, John, 1771-1822
 

Description: Map of the State of Ohio 1807 by John Mansfield. Caption in the lower right-hand corner reads: "Map of the State of Ohio taken from the returns in the office of the Surveyor General by John F. Mansfield." The U.S. Surveyor General at the time was Jared Mansfield (1759-1830), a mathematician and surveyor whose book "Essays, Mathematical and Physical" so impressed Thomas Jefferson that the president appointed him to the inaugural faculty of West Point (1802) and in 1803 as Surveyor General, a post he held until 1812. Mansfield's assignment was to "survey Ohio and lands north of the Ohio, River." Later the scope of his assignment also included Indiana Territory and Illinois Territory. Mansfield applied the principles of scientific surveying to his work, thus laying the groundwork for future land surveys conducted during the nation's expansion. John F. Mansfield, the map's creator, possibly may be John Fenno Mansfield, the surveyor general's nephew who was noted for his scientific ability and who died during the War of 1812. The city of Mansfield, Ohio, is named after Jared Mansfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05666
Subjects: Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Historical map; Map drawing; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Ohio