Philip Carrigain, New Hampshire, 1816. Paper map, 132 × 121 cm. David Rumsey Map Collection.The*Wiscasset Newspaper (seriously, that’s what it’s called) of Wiscasset, Maine profiles former resident Gary Flanders, who’s “made it a hobby collecting old colonial maps of the Wiscasset area.”*[WMS]The*New Hampshire Union Leader marks the 200th anniversary of*Philip Carrigain’s map of New Hampshire; only 250 copies were distributed, some of which are still in the possession of*the communities who submitted their surveys to Carrigain. (The above copy*comes from the David Rumsey collection.) [WMS]
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