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New Jersey Map, Thomas Gordon, 1828, Rare and Original!
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T erry & Jennifer McAdams Fine Antique Folk Art extends a 100% Satisfaction, Unconditional, Money Back Guarantee to all of our sales, with a 14 day inspection and return policy. If you are not happy in any way with any of our antiques, call or email as soon as you can and we will ensure that you are 100% satisfied. Please wait to submit your buyer feedback until we have the opportunity to correct any and all issues that may arise with your purchase from Terry & Jennifer McAdams Fine Antique Folk Art.
In John P. Snyder's excellent book "the Mapping of New Jersey", the author tells of the sorry state of New Jersey mapping in the early 19th century. Only a few road maps and maps of portions of the state existed. In 1822, the State Legislature fortuitously decided to lend $1,000 to Thomas Gordon, a surveyor as well as a court judge, to perform surveys and produce a high-quality map of the entire state. The result, quoting Snyder "was monumental" and was of wonderful quality. The map is at a scale of 3 miles/inch and depicts every township and improved road with considerable care. Many towns even have individual houses located on the map. Counties (only 13 at that time vs. 21 today) are portrayed in four colors. Errors in the map were as little as three-fourths of a mile in latitude and five-eighths of a mile in longitude. The Legislature was so impressed that 125 five copies were ordered. Thomas Gordon dated this first edition 1828. We don't know how many of the original 125 maps survive. We've seen maybe a half-dozen at state museums over the years, some in much worse condition than the map we are offering to you for sale. The Gordon map measures 55 inches long by 35 inches wide and is still on the original mounting cloth, headboard and rolling dowel. We've owned this map since 1966, purchasing it at a sale of the Powell Estate in Moorestown, NJ. The Powells were the original owners of the famous 19th century Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, a popular stopping point for vacationing society. We have often rolled out the map over the years to marvel at the detail, the antiquated town spellings, and the small number of buildings indicated in the tiny rural towns. This very rare map is a treasure that would be a delight to any serious collector of fine antique American maps and prints. Condition Report: There are a few small tears near the borders of the map and some minor loss to the unprinted border. One of the tears was repaired with 2 inches of clear tape. The varnish coating on the map has yellowed somewhat over the decades. Some lines have been drawn to indictate borders of new counties. All of the printed area of the map remains, with no losses of paper or color. No conservation of any kind has been performed on this map, but we took the map in November to the noted map expert Donald Cresswell at the Philadelphia Print Shop (he occasionaly shows up on Antiques Road Show) for an opinion on methods and costs of restoration. Mr. Cresswell recommended a professional conservation process of removing the old varnish, floating the map off the old fabric backing, removing the tape and stabilizing the small tears, and remounting the map on new fabric backing, all at an estimated cost of $1800. T erry and Jennifer McAdams Fine Antique Folk Art are pleased to offer this delightful and genuine rare New Jersey map to all curious collectors of rare maps and prints. If you'd like more detailed photos or have more questions, please email or call us anytime. We fully guarantee authenticity and satisfaction, and the map may be returned for any reason within 14 days for a full refund. US PS Priority free shipping to continental US addresses. Customs duties and additional postage apply to Canadian shipments. 7% sales tax applies to all shipments to New Jersey addresses. And we thank you for viewing this item. We'll have many more fine examples of maps and folk art on eBay in the coming months. Terry and Jenn 
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