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1860 · 138429 — Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1860. First edition of Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s map of the states of Florida and South Carolina published in Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World Plans Of Cities Etc. Embraced In Forty-Seven Quarto Maps Forming A Series Of Seventy-Six Maps And Plans Together With Valuable Statistical Tables. Philadelphia. One page hand-colored the maps shows the counties and major towns and cities of each state the Gulf of Mexico parts of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama North Carolina with an inset map of Charleston Harbor. In near fine condition. Mitchell worked as a teacher before turning to publishing geography textbooks and maps. He became involved in geography after teaching and realizing that there were so many poor quality geographical resources available to teachers. He moved to Philadelphia Pennsylvania in either 1829 or 1830. He was in Philadelphia when he founded his company. His son S. Augustus Mitchell became owner in 1860. Their publications covered all genres of geography: maps travel guides textbooks and sales of their 24 works reached an annual volume of over 400000 copies unknown