A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus / 1843

A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, 1843

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Full Title: A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People, in the Year 1840: Comprising the Different Classes of the Inhabitants, Population of the Principal Cities and Towns, The Chief Agricultural, Mineral, and Manufactured Products, Exports and Imports of Each Separate State; The most important Canals and Rail-roads, the Lengths of the Principal Rivers, and the Heights of the Principal Mountains in the United States ... Entered ... 1842, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 32 inset maps).

Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Date: 1843

Short Title: A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People.

Note: At the page's center is a wealth of statistical information about the United States including population, manufacturing, exports, canals, railroads, and geographical information. This information is surrounded by 32 color maps of major cities.

Published In: Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic Or United States Of North America. Together with Maps of the Vicinities Of Thirty-Two Of The Principal Cities And Towns in the Union. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell Philadelphia. 1843. No. 8-1/2 South Seventh Street. Drawn by J.H. Young. Engraved by J.H. Brightly. Entered ... 1842, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 2 inset maps). (with folding sheet) A Concise View of the Number, Resources, and Industry of the American People, in the Year 1840 ... Entered ... 1842, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 32 inset maps).

Publication Note: 1st edition. This is the pocket map form of a map that was usually issued as a wall map. Two folding sheets, one with the U.S. map and the other with the 32 cities maps forming a border around tables of statistics from the 1840 census. The graphic look of this map we find strange for a map drawn by J.H. Young, although the engraver was J.H. Brightly and that may account for the difference from the usual Young style. Full color by state. The two sheets fold into brown leather covers 18.5x11.5 with a brass clasp, with title "Mitchell's National Map of the United States. 8-1/2 South 7th Street, Philadelphia. Price One Dollar & Fifty Cents" embossed on the front cover in gilt; the back cover is embossed with an eagle and a banner running across clouds reading "E. Pluribus Unum" over the globe labeled "United States" in gilt.

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