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MATTHEW ALBERT LOTTER. 1777 map, A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia. Augsburg, Germany, 1777. Original hand-colored map, the grid plan for the city lies at the center of the map, with an open Centre Square and the Court House the only indicated features. More information is given about the surrounding regions, where roads, mills, and houses of prominent citizens are shown and named. These details give us a wealth of information about the development of the Philadelphia area in its nascent days. Especially interesting is a considerably developed Germantown, with houses lining both sides of Germantown Pike. Retaining full English text of original map of same year, with notable locations such as Passyunk & Moyamesing Townships, roads to and from York, Frankford, Haverford, Bristol & Trenton, Gov'n Penn's Manor on the Schuylkill, Logan's and other homesteads, Martin's Mill, Dan's & Grey's Ferry, with military-related descriptions such as ?Chevaux de Frise [navigational barriers] which the Americans have laid across [the river] to obstruct the navigation? and ?Battery demolish?d.? Featured on the map is an early published view of the Pennsylvania State House, known today as Independence Hall, with watermark. Custom framed, 28 1/2" x 23 1/2" [framed] Note; When first issued in 1752, the famous Scull and Heap plan was intended to promote William Penn's new city on the Delaware. When the events of the American Revolution began to heat up, illustrations of the center of the revolt, Philadelphia, began to be in great demand in Europe. This demand was soon met by publishers in England, Germany and France with the reissue of the Scull and Heap map, still the most up-to-date cartographic treatment of Philadelphia then available. Holmes' grid plan for the city is shown, situated between the rivers, with outlying 'country seats' are placed and named, with the primitive road system also indicated. Lotter updated from the first edition to take into account the changes in the place names and environs of the City since the middle of the Century, and Heap's elevation of the statehouse was moved from the top to the bottom center of the plate. The result of all this is a highly attractive and historic map that shows Philadelphia at the time of the Revolution. Condition; bottom of map has been trimmed, right bottom boarder line missing (does not affect State House or map), areas of light soiling, some soil lines, light diagonal crease in lower left quadrant, flattened unevenly spaced horizontal fold lines, general minor wear from age.

  • Condition: bottom of map has been trimmed, right bottom boarder line missing (does not affect State House or map), areas of light soiling, some soil lines, light diagonal crease in lower left quadrant, flattened unevenly spaced horizontal fold lines, general minor wear from age.

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