Hayward's The United States from the Latest Authority
date: label: date made
content: 1853
name: label: maker
content: Hartford, John
notes: label: Description
content: Framed hand colored map of the United States published in John Hayward’s <i>Gazetteer of the United States of America</i> in 1853. States from the eastern portion of the United States, an overly large Minnesota, and western territories are delineated prior to the Gadsden Purchase (1854) but after the Mexican-American War (1848) as seen in the border for New Mexico and Arizona. Large western areas are labeled Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, California, New Mexico, Texas, and an area listed with Indian tribal nations and a more general Indian Territory. The map mentions several Indian tribes, and migration routes such as John C. Fremont's route, the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Old Spanish Mission Road. Mormon Settlements in Utah and John Bropy Rancho are also noted.
label: Description
content: John Hayward (1781-1862) was a publisher of several “Gazetteers” of the New England region and the United States, travel guides and 2 books on religion: <i>Religious Creeds of the United States and of the British Providences</i> (1837) and <i>Book of Religions</i> (1842). He was born and worked in Boston as well as in Hartford, Connecticut and was active circa 1828-1860.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: general subject association
content: Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0032.08
label: accession number
content: 1983.0032
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0032.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Map
label: Object Type
content: Map
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 43 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 110.49 cm