Maps of Middle Colonies

John Mitchell (1711-68), produced a Map of the British & French Dominions in America, published by Andrew Millar in 1755 (graphic of 2nd edition, 1757). In addition to the geographical outline of the continent & the European colonies, Mitchell included textual legends describing the extent of British & French settlements (reflecting British bias on border claims & French encroachments).  Map was also used when British & American negotiators met in Paris in 1782 to draft a peace treaty to end the Revolutionary War.  John Jay, of the American delegation, used a third edition of the map; whereas, Richard Oswald & the British used a copy of the fourth edition of Mitchell’s map. On his copy Oswald added a thin red line reflecting the British interpretation of the new U.S. boundaries.  Fascinating is the northwestern boundary of  ‘Pensilvania’ which extends into Canada.

cf. Historical Maps of Pennsylvania

[need to read: Pritchard, Margaret Beck & Henry G. Taliaferro   Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America   NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002]