The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography were compiled." This is one of those maps. See: William Guthrie, The general atlas for Carey's edition of his geography improved. (Philadelphia: Carey: 1795). Wheat: 213. See: M. Carey, Carey's American atlas. Philadelphia: Carey, 1796, no. 5.
Provenance: Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
Adapted from the map of Virginia in the general atlas for Carey's edition of Guthrie's geography improved (Philadelphia: Carey, 1795). See also: Notes on the state of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson. 3rd American edition. (New York: M.L. and W.A. Davis, for Furman and Loudon: 1801). The American Philosophical Society Transactions (vol. 6) state that Mathew Carey presented the "Materials from which Guthrie's Geography was compiled," on 18 October 1805. This is part of that gift. Wheat: 568.
Provenance: Provenance: Presented by Mathew Carey, 18 October 1805.
