Kansas And The Gold Mines. / Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T. / 1862

Kansas And The Gold Mines. Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T. 1862

Kansas And The Gold Mines. / Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T. / 1862

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Full Title: Gunn & Mitchell's New Map Of Kansas And The Gold Mines Embracing all the Public Surveys up to 1862. Compiled from the Original Field Notes by O.B. Gunn & D.T. Mitchell. Lecompton, K. 1862 ... January 1st, 1862. Ward B. Burnett, Surveyor General Kansas and Nebraska. Entered ... 1862 by Gunn & Mitchell ... Kansas. Wm. Schuchman, lith. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Author: Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T.

Date: 1862

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Author: Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T.

Date: 1862

Short Title: Kansas And The Gold Mines.

Publisher: Lecompton, Kansas: O.B. Gunn & D.T. Mitchell

Type: Pocket Map

Object Height cm: 67

Object Width cm: 71

Scale 1: 589,000

Note: This is the third reissue of the 1859 Gunn map of Kansas, which was originally issued with a Handbook showing routes to the Mines, etc. The 1859 edition was by Gunn only; Mitchell was added to the 1861 and all subsequent editions (1862, 64, 65, 66, and 67). The 1859 edition is very rare (Howes "d"), and the later editions of the map only are scarce (not in Heaston's list or Phillips). Karrow lists all the editions except the 1867 (see our copy). The map is of eastern Kansas west to the 98th meridian, with an inset of the "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines." This inset does not show Colorado, even though it was formed in 1860. There is a list of the Population of Kansas Counties, and a vignette of an Indian. Mitchell issued his own Sectional Map of Kansas in 1859 (Karrow 13-0585). There is an advertisement for Mitchell's Law practice and Land Agency on the inside of the map cover. Border color by county. Covers are a dark brown cloth 16x11 with "Gunn & Mitchell's New Map Of Kansas And The Gold Mines" stamped in gilt.

Reference: WC 327:2; Karrow 13-0599; Howes G461; Wheat 976 (1859 ed.); Graff 1690 (1859 ed.), 1692 (1864 ed.); Streeter 2017 (1859 ed.).

State / Province: Kansas

List No: 3933.001

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Schuchman, Wm.

Published In: Gunn & Mitchell's New Map Of Kansas And The Gold Mines Embracing all the Public Surveys up to 1862. Compiled from the Original Field Notes by O.B. Gunn & D.T. Mitchell. Lecompton, K. 1862 ... January 1st, 1862. Ward B. Burnett, Surveyor General Kansas and Nebraska. Entered ... 1862 by Gunn & Mitchell ... Kansas. Wm. Schuchman, lith. Pittsburgh, Pa.

Publication Author: Gunn, O.B. ; Mitchell, D.T.

Publication Date: 1862

Publication Reference: WC 327:2; Karrow 13-0599; Howes G461; Wheat 976 (1859 ed.); Graff 1690 (1859 ed.), 1692 (1864 ed.); Streeter 2017 (1859 ed.).

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 3933.000

Publication Type: Pocket Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 16

Publication Width cm: 11

Image No: 3933001

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