A hand colored map titled "BALLSTON & SARATOGA SPRINGS, CITY of ALBANY, and adjacent Country." with "J. M. Atwood Sc." printed in bottom right corner. A variant of this map was included as "Plate 9" in the 1826 3rd edition of "A Geographical Description of The United States, with the Contiguous Countries. by John Melish." the area where "John M. Atwood Sc." is printed on the version presented here is blank. We are including a scan of that page for reference and comparison only. As Philadelphia engraver John M. Atwood was born in 1817 and died in 1884 and would have been only 9 at the time of the Melish publication, we are assuming this version of the map was printed after 1826. The map in Lot 7 from this auction and from the same collection as this was marked with the year 1839 by a previous owner/dealer, but we do not know if this is accurate or not. Map measures 6 3/4" x 4 5/8" mounted at corners on dark aqua marine matt board by unknown adhesive. Board measures 9 1/4" x 7 1/8".

Some light foxing. Creases where map was previously folded - possibly as originally issued. Hand colored. Other minor crease near bottom. Please review scans closely for further condition and please let us know if you have any questions prior to bidding.