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RARE Old Pocket Map
 
 
 
Association Copy - Belonged to T. Maxwell Potts
Great Condition
Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book
Through the Western States and Territories...
Accompanied by a Map
1855  

For offer, a very interesting American imprint! Fresh from a local estate - never offered on the market until now!   Vintage, Old, Original, Antique - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! New York: J.H. Colton, 1855. 99 [1], 36 + Very nice hand colored engraved map. 26 x 21 inches when fully unfolded. Title on map: Guide Through The States Of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa, showing township lines of the United States survey, locations of cities, towns, villages, post hamlets,  canals, railroads, and stage roads. By J. Calvin Smith. ASSOCIATION copy - belonged to historian, genealogist, and traveler, Thomas Maxwell Potts. Signed by him and also with his name stamped. See below for his biography. COMPLETE. In very good condition. I doubt you will find a nicer copy. Booklate of Library of the Greenwood literary Society, presented by T.M. Potts. Discarded at some time. Please see photos. If you collect 19th century American imprints, Americana illustration, atlas, geography, etc., this is a nice one for your bibliophile library or paper / ephemera collection. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 3166

THOMAS MAXWELL POTTS (1836-1916) (FIRST PICTURE).  In the memorial annals of Washington County and particularly at Canonsburg there are few names held in better remembrance than that of the late Thomas Maxwell Potts, veteran merchant and newspaper man of Canonsburg, who during the nearly half century of his residence in that city impressed his personality deeply upon the common life of the community, with more than one of the activities of which he was prominently identified.  Coming to Canonsburg in 1870, Mr. Potts engaged in the hardware business and presently also took up the newspaper business, in August, 1872, issuing the first  number of the Canonsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper which he conducted until in 1888 and which was the first newspaper to get a hold at Canonsburg.  During his long residence in Canonsburg this active man filled numerous local offices, including those of school director, member of the town council, burgess, treasurer and justice of the peace, in which latter magisterial office he served for four terms.  He was secretary of the old Chartiers Valley Agricultural Association, which for ten years held annual fairs in Canonsburg, and for many years was the president of the Canonsburg Library Association.  For fifty-six years he had been affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was a past Noble Grand and a past chief patriarch (P.M.) of that order.  He also was a past regent of the local branch of the Royal Arcanum.  For many years Mr. Potts was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church and long the clerk of session, likewise for many years the superintendent of the Sunday school of that congregation and in all ways interested in the promotion of the church’s affairs.  The meticulous nicety of his habits of expression and the precision with which he kept all records entrusted to his care, is revealed in the fact that the minutes of the session of the First Presbyterian Church during the many years in which he recorded those minutes were pronounced to be the best kept of any in the Pittsburgh Presbytery.   Not so much as a hobby but as a pleasurable outlet for his fine instinct for research work and of his laudable desire to render a real service to his continuing family, Mr. Potts for years carried on genealogical research work that brought him recognition as one of the leading amateur genealogists in Pennsylvania.  He was a corresponding member of the New England Genealogical Society and for many years devoted his leisure to genealogical research, during that time publishing several books along this line, including “A Short biographical Sketch of Major James Potts” (1877); “Bi-Centenary Memorial of Jeremiah Carter” (1882); “Our Family Ancestors” (1895) (SECOND PICTURE); and “The Potts Family” (1901).  This latter volume, brought out when the author was sixty-five years of age, is a record of the family carrying through many generations, seven hundred and thirty-six pages, every page of which was set by the author’s own practiced printer’s hand and printed by him on a small press, the craftsmanship on this work being quite up to the modern standards of the printing craft.  Mr. Potts was in his eighty-first year at the time of his death and maintained his interest in affairs to the last, having continued to carry on his interesting genealogical research work until growing physical frailty stopped his busy hand.  An admirably executed photograph of him taken on the eightieth anniversary of his birth reveals a keenness of eye, a ruggedness of frame and an alertness of bearing that many a man twenty years younger well might envy. Thomas Maxwell Potts (1836-1916) was born on a pioneer farm in what is now Highland Township, Chester County, this state, February 17, 1836. Thomas Maxwell Potts (1836-1916) was a son of Thomas Jefferson Potts (1798-1877) (THIRD PICTURE) and Mary Margaret (Carter) Potts (1813-1874), the latter of whom was born in that same county, June 6, 1813, and who died there on November 17, 1874.  Thomas J. Potts was born in Frankford, a suburb of the City of Philadelphia, December 14, 1798, and survived his wife almost three years, his death occurring in Chester County on October 26, 1877, he then being near seventy-nine years of age, a substantial landowning farmer, a good Presbyterian and an active republican. (Thomas Jefferson Potts home is FOURTH PICTURE)  (Thomas Jefferson Potts and Mary Margaret Carter Potts are buried in Manor Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cochranville, Chester county, Pennsylvania. - FIFTH AND SIXTH PICTURES) Thomas Jefferson Potts (1798-1877) was a son of Major James Potts (1752-1822) and Sarah (Wessell) Potts (1758-1833), the latter of whom was born in Philadelphia County, November 26, 1758, and died in August, 1833.  Major James Potts, an officer under General Washington during the time of the Revolution and a participant in the memorable campaign against Trenton, during which with his general he crossed the ice-gorged waters of the Delaware, became a substantial blacksmith, farmer and horticulturist.  (James Potts and Sarah Wessell Potts are buried in Upper Octorara Church Cemetery, Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania. - SEVENTH AND EIGHTH PICTURES) Major James Potts (1752-1822) was a son of Samuel Potts (1723-1784) and Ann (Rush) Potts (1716-1808), the latter of whom was a sister of Dr. Benjamin Rush and a descendant of one of Cromwell’s officers who came to the Penn colony in 1683.  Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the vicinity of Philadelphia in 1746 and left an imperishable name, by reason of his notable contributions to the advancement of the science of medicine and for his further service as the founder of the Dickinson College (Carlisle).  It has been written of Dr. Benjamin Rush that “He established more principles and added more facts to the science of medicine than all who preceded him in America.”  Samuel Potts was born in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, August 12, 1723, and died in Germantown, on October 13, 1784.  His widow survived him for many years, her death occurring in 1822, she then being seventy years of age.  Samuel Potts was an innkeeper, well known in and around Philadelphia in his generation, and as proprietor of the inns at the sign of the Rising Sun (NINTH PICTURE) (demolished in 1892) and at the sign of the Sheaf of Wheat catered to an appreciative trade. Samuel Potts (1723-1784) was a son of Daniel Potts (1698-1728) and Sarah (Shoemaker) Potts (1698-1765), the former of whom, born in 1698. Daniel Potts (1698-1728) was a son of David Potts (1670-1730) and Alice (Crossdale) (1673-1730), the latter  of whom was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1673.  David Potts was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, of English stock, in 1670, and died at his place in the vicinity of Philadelphia in 1730.  He was of a family entitled to bear arms and the crest of this family shows a wild cat on a mound over a wreath, collared and chained - TENTH PICTURE - as close as I could come. Reared on the home place in Chester County, Thomas Maxwell Potts had his schooling there and early turned his hand to the printing trade, in time becoming a proficient printer, a trade in which he ever afterward found himself greatly interested.  He was married when twenty-four years of age and ten years later, in 1870, made his home in Canonsburg, where he and his wife reared their family and spent the remainder of their lives, useful and influential residents of that city, residing at No. 246 North Central Avenue - ELEVENTH PICTURE.  Mrs. Potts’ activities of a commercial, professional, social and civic character have been referred to above.  He died on August 31, 1916.  His widow survived him for more than three years, her death occurring on January 13, 1920.  This devoted couple were married on March 22, 1860, and had thus at the time of Mr. Potts’ death lived together for sixty years and more past the time of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage – their golden wedding at the time of the celebration of which they were the recipients of the congratulations and felicitations of the entire community.  Mrs. Potts was born (Mary Miller) (1838-1920) in Chester County, April 6, 1838.  (Mary Miller Potts also has a large family lineage so will do a story on her side tomorrow.) Thomas M. and Mary (Miller) Potts were survived by five sons, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren (TWELFTH PICTURE is their children).  The eldest of these sons, R. Claude Potts, is manager of The Notes Publishing Company of Canonsburg.  The second son, Rev. T. Pliny Potts, is a clergyman of the Presbyterian church, now stationed in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  William B. and M. Miller Potts, oil and gas operators and realtors, still make their home in Canonsburg; and the youngest son, Dr. Louis M. Potts, is a scientist and inventor of note.  Among his inventions is the wonderful system of sending typewritten messages by wire.  Mr. Potts also was survived by two brothers, William Potts of Parkesburg, Chester County, and A. H. Potts of Pittsburgh.  It may be said of the late Thomas Maxwell Potts that as editor of the local newspaper and as burgess he wielded a strong and helpful influence in his community in a time when the righteous influence of sturdy men was much needed there and that he thus created in that community a memory of good deeds accomplished that will long keep his name well up toward the top of the roster of the many good men who have figured as real community builders here.  (Thomas Maxwell Potts and Mary Miller Potts are buried in Oak Spring Cemetery, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. - THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH PICTURES ) FROM HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYVLANIA BY EARLE R. FORREST Joseph Hutchins Colton (July 5, 1800 – July 29, 1893), founded an American mapmaking company which was an international leader in the map publishing industry between 1831 and 1890.[1] Colton was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and moved to New York in 1831 to establish his firm.[2] For the first ten years, Colton licensed the use of maps from established cartographers[2] such as David H. Burr. Colton also employed some of the preeminent engravers of the time, including Burr, Samuel Stiles, John Disturnell and D. Griffing Johnson. Colton went on to create railroad maps, immigrant guides, folding pocket maps, large wall maps, and elaborate atlases. J.H. Colton Company maps were printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings. They were often individually hand watercolored[3] and were recognized for their decorative borders.[2] In the early 1850s Colton brought his two sons into the business, George Woolworth Colton (1827–1901) and Charles B. Colton (1832–1916).[1] In 1857, Colton was awarded a $25,000 commission by the Government of Bolivia to produce 2500 large maps of the country. Colton completed the contract, but was not paid by Bolivia, which was mired in revolution. Colton pursued a high-profile legal case against the Bolivian and Peruvian governments and after considerable delay was awarded $100,000 in compensation and damages.[4] In 1859, Colton published a Hand-book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; accompanied by reliable maps and a preliminary treatise on the pre-emption laws of the United States, by James Redpath and Richard J. Hinton. Maps published by J.H. Colton can be found in the historical archives of most of the U.S. states, (including Mississippi, Louisiana, and Maryland) and of many national governments (including the United States Library of Congress[2]). They are also found in university and museum collections (including at University of Kansas, University of Texas, and Princeton University).[5]
  • Condition: Very good Condition. See description.
  • Date Range: 1800-1899
  • Type: Map
  • Format: Folding Map
  • Printing Technique: Lithography
  • Year: 1855
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Cartographer/Publisher: Joseph Colton
  • Country/Region: United States of America
  • Maker: Colton

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