1st item: PHELPS'S NATIONAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, TRAVELLERS GUIDE. EMBRACING THE PRINCIPAL RAIL ROADS, CANALS, STEAM BOAT & STAGE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE UNION, by J. M. Atwood, published by Thayer and Ensign, New York, 1851. Steel plate engraved fold-out map with hand-coloring depicting the Eastern United States extending to the Nebraska "Indian" Territory and the easternmost part of Texas, with state lines and boundaries, cities and towns, bodies of water, railroads, canals, roads, and areas of interest, including the locations of Native Americans, identified in English text. Inset maps include the North Part of Maine, top right, a Map of Oregon, California, and Texas, lower right, and the Southern Part of Florida, lower center. Title, center right, Reference and Scale of Miles, lower right. Surrounded by scale notations and a decorative border depicting portraits of Presidents, state seals, and other historical events and figures. Folds into a 12mo guide book, red leather with gilt stamping and lettering to front cover. Map: 20 12" H x 25 3/4" W. Booklet: 5 3/4" H x 3 1/2" W x 1/8" D. 2nd item: Wellington Williams engraved map dated 1854 with hand coloring, A NEW MAP OF THE UNITED STATES UPON WHICH ARE DELINEATED THE VAST WORKS OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, ROUTES ACROSS THE CONTINENT & C. SHOWING ALSO CANADA AND THE ISLAND OF CUBA. The map includes the eastern United States to the Great Plains, just past the Mississippi River and shows the new Nebraska territory. Inset at lower right is a map of the western United States, past the Great Plains, and smaller insets of Havana, of Cuba, and of the area around Niagara Falls are also present. The map includes the pre-Gadsden Purchase border in Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Published by Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., Philadelphia, in 1854. Housed under glass in a modern black-and-red molded wood frame on a grey mat with black and red reveals. Sight: 24 1/2" H x 29" W. Framed: 33 1/2" x 38 1/4" W.

PROVENANCE: Private West Tennessee Collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Map with areas of repair, largest 2 1/4" x 9 3/4", primarily to fold lines. Minor tears to edges of sheet. Overall toning, few areas of staining, largest 1" x 1/4". Pencil inscriptions, en verso. Booklet with general wear, pencil inscriptions to pastedowns, does not include index pages or mileage charts, only the map is present. 2nd item: Overall good condition. The map has been folded and is creased throughout. Some discoloration around the title and publishing information. Paper is lightly and evenly toned.