PURCELL, JOSEPH A Map of the States of Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia Comprehending the Spanish Provinces of East and West Florida...
New Haven: Amos Doolittle, 1788. Engraved map on laid paper. 13 x 14 1/2 inches (33 x 37 cm); matted. A few tears repaired with tape on the verso, some loss to the border on the right side touching the neatline, this obscured by mat, toned.

The early state of Purcell's fine map of the southeastern United States in the first years following the American Revolution. The map includes an early reference to the "New State of Franklin" and the west and south are highly detailed with Native American towns, roads, and the claims of the New Jersey Company, the Illinois Company, etc. The map first appeared in Jedidiah Morse's Geography, referenced in the imprint, and also in the August 1788 issue of the American Magazine. The map was reissued in London in 1792.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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