Olney's School Atlas

Publication

Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

LIB1760

Description

Olney's School Atlas, 1844. Hand written inside is "Property of Marianna Johnson Smallwood, Kabletown, W. Va." Added in a separate pen is "to Burwell S. Ware May 31, 1970." A poem about love is written in pencil above the inscriptions. Contains maps of: the world on a globular projection; the world on a polar projection; North America; United States, Canada, Texas, and part of Mexico; New England and New York; Central States; Southern States; South Western and part of the Western States; Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Iowa; Western Territories of the United States; West Indies, Guatimala, and part of Mexico; New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; Newfoundland; South America; Europe; Central Europe; British Isles; Shetland Isles; Asia; Palestine; Africa; Liberia and Sierra Leone; Roman Empire; and Southern part of Greece. Includes a loose article from the Spirit of Jefferson, [vol.] 93, no. 43, with headline "Tragedy Struck on the Highway Saturday Night." Physical Description: Softback cover, includes loose newspaper clipping

Acquisition

Accession

434

Source or Donor

Rissler-Sheely, Susan

Acquisition Method

Gift

Publication Details

Publisher

Pratt, Woodford and Co.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

New York

Date Published

1844

Publication Language

English