Hayward's The United States from the Latest Authority

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Description: Framed hand colored map of the United States published in John Hayward’s Gazetteer of the United States of America in 1853. States from the eastern portion of the United States, an overly large Minnesota, and western territories are delineated prior to the Gadsden Purchase (1854) but after the Mexican-American War (1848) as seen in the border for New Mexico and Arizona. Large western areas are labeled Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, California, New Mexico, Texas, and an area listed with Indian tribal nations and a more general Indian Territory. The map mentions several Indian tribes, and migration routes such as John C. Fremont's route, the Oregon Trail, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Old Spanish Mission Road. Mormon Settlements in Utah and John Bropy Rancho are also noted.; John Hayward (1781-1862) was a publisher of several “Gazetteers” of the New England region and the United States, travel guides and 2 books on religion: Religious Creeds of the United States and of the British Providences (1837) and Book of Religions (1842). He was born and worked in Boston as well as in Hartford, Connecticut and was active circa 1828-1860.
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