The TOURIST'S POCKET MAP Of The STATE Of INDIANA Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements Roads Distances &c. [Pocket Map]. Young, J. H. Mitchell, S. Augustus Americana

Text insets: Steam Boat Routes [left side]; Population of . Indiana . 1830 [right side]. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833." -- Lower left margin. Hand-colored, fold-out 18-panel lithographic map. Prime meridians: Greenwich, Washington. Engraved by J.H. Young & F. Dankworth. Case: 4-7/8" x 2-7/8". Map [unfolded]: 15-3/4" x 13-3/16" Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 11, 1816, as the 19th state. The first published map of the state was created by John Melish and published in 1817. This Mitchell product here offered was the first of many Tourist's Pocket Map editions to published by Mitchell, only 16 year after that by Melish. This map shows early 19th C Indiana roads, existing & proposed canals, existing & proposed railroads, counties, township grid, cities, towns, marshland, and notable physical features. It includes distances and tables of steamboat routes and county populations. As such, this map documents the infastructure ambitions & projects undertaken by the relatively new Indiana state government. Despite the noble aims of their efforts, profligate spending ultimately ruined the state's credit. By 1841, the state was near bankruptcy and was forced to liquidate most of its public works. [Wiki / IHS]. OCLC records 9 institutional holdings, though curiously enough, apparently not at the Lilly. RBH shows 2009 as the last market appearance of this 1833 edition. Modest extremity wear & rubes to case, VG - VG+. Map detached from case, general extremity wear, age-toning, the occasional split along a fold, some with accompaning japanese paper repair. A Good only copy of this uncommon piece of Indiana history. Gilt-stamped black leather pocket case. Cover title: "Mitchell's Map of Indiana." Inside front cover affixed a text panel, "Public Lands", which explains the sale process of same