1865 "Johnson's Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island" Map by Johnson and Ward

Presented is an original 1865 "Johnson's Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island" map. This map was issued as page 25 and 26 in the 1865 edition of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas.” The map is engraved with attractive hand coloring, with states and counties outlined in bold pink outline, and a decorative fleur-de-lis border. The map is beautifully detailed, with cities, towns, roads, railroads and important geographical markers all identified.  A publisher’s note that “The City of Boston, Chelsea, North Chelsea, Winthrop, and adjacent Islands form the County of Suffolk" appears at right.  This 1865 Johnson and Ward publication of “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas” was written by Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. Fisher was also the author of "Colton's General Atlas of the World," "The Gazetteer of the United States," and a past editor of the Journal of American Geographical and Statistical Society. The publishing company of Johnson and Ward wa