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Two (2) Maps of Tennessee, two (2) maps of Tennessee and Kentucky, 4 items total. 1st item: Tennessee map, from American Pocket Atlas, published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1816. Copper plate engraving depicting Tennessee, center and surrounding areas, with cities and towns, including Knoxville, Clarksville, and Nashvill [sic], roads, bodies of water, and other points of interest, includingCragfont, the Home of General James Winchester, labelled. Title and scale of miles, top center. Map surrounded by scale notations and line border. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archivalsleeve and secured to a mat. Plate – 6 5/8" H x 8 1/2" W. Sheet – 8 5/8" H x 10 5/8" W. Sight – 8 1/8" H x 10 1/8" W. Mat – 13" H x 14 5/8" W. 2nd item: Kentucky and Tennessee map, believed to be by David H. Burr, from The American Atlas, published by John Arrowsmith, London, 1839. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring depicting Kentucky and Tennesseeand surrounding areas, with cities and towns, including Knoxville, Nashville, and Frankfort, roads, bodies of water, and other points of interest labeled. Title cartouche, top left. Surrounded by scale notations and a decorative border.Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archivalsleeve and secured to a mat. Sheet – 8 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Sight – 8 1/2" H x 11 1/4" W. Mat – 12 1/2" H x 15 1/8" W. 3rd item: Map of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, engraved and printed by Fenner and Sears Company, from The History and Topography of the United States, J.H. Hinton, ed. London: I.T. Hinton and Simpkin & Marshall, Vol. 1, facing pg. 421,1831. Copper plate engraving depicting Kentucky and Tennesseeand the surrounding areas withcities and towns, including Knoxville, Lexington, and Nashville, with Murfreesboro listed as the capital of Tennessee,roads, bodies of water, and other points of interest labelled.Title and scale of miles, top left. Surroundedby scale notations and a triple line border. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archival sleeve and housed in a double mat. Sight – 10 1/4" H x 16" W. Mat – 14 3/4" H x 21 5/8" W.4th item: A New Map of Tennessee, engraved by J. and W. W. Warr, fromA New Universal Atlas by Henry S. Tanner, published by Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1841. Copper plate engraving depicting Tennessee and the surrounding areas withcities and towns, including Knoxville, Clarksville, and Nashville, roads, bodies of water, and other points of interest labelled. Two inset maps of Nashville and Knoxville, top left and right. Title and scale of miles, top center, explanation, lower left, Steam Boat Routes tables, lower right. Surrounded by scale notations and a triple line border. Encapsulated (not laminated) in a plastic archivalsleeve. Plate – 12 3/8" H x 15 1/4" W. Sheet – 12 7/8" H x 16" W. Sleeve – 14 1/8" H x 17 1/4" W. All items first half of 19th century. CONDITION: All items in overall good condition with light toning/acid burn, minute foxing spots. 1st item: Pencil inscription en verso. 2nd item: Toning impressions visible en verso. David Lloyd Swift label indicates that the map was professionally encapsulated, cleaned, and deacidified on February 3, 1998.3rd item: Toning impressions to surface of sheet.David Lloyd Swift label indicates that the map was professionally encapsulated, cleaned, and deacidified on November 1, 1989. 4th item: Pencil inscriptions, lower right of sheet. Areas of loss, largest 5/8" x 1 1/8", to sheet.David Lloyd Swift label indicates that the map was professionally encapsulated, cleaned, and deacidified on February 13, 1998.