DESCRIPTION: Original fine steel-engraved cadastral map of Detroit, Michigan and one of the earliest obtainable maps of Detroit. The map of Detroit was issued by the US Government in their 'Report of Public Lands' for 1831. Excellent condition. One very interesting feature of the map is the small drawings of local buildings that pepper Mullett's map including the Catholic Church, the Old Market, the Capitol, the Penitentiary, and the U.S. Arsenal.
John Mullett's survey of 1830 is the first map made of Detroit after the Great Fire of 1805. After the fire Territorial Judge Augustus Woodward created a street plan modeled after Washington, D.C with diagonal streets that radiated like the spokes of a wheel. The downtown shows Judge Woodward's plan of the "Grand Circus", the Campus Martius, and the waterfront with new proposed construction shaded at bottom.
John Mullett (1786-1862) was a prominent Detroit surveyor. Mullett served as Deputy Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory from 1822 to 1849. Following Mullett's 1830 "Plan of Detroit" survey, he had two roads in Detroit named after him: Mullet Street (1835) and Catherine Street (1835).
Lacking the volume numbers and printer's attribution to Bowen and Co. that characterize the later edition of 1860, thus 1830. 21st Congress, 2nd Session, Washington, DC.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1831
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Very good.
On medium-weight quality paper with no condition issues. Clean. Solid. Good margins all around.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 14
" x
18 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 10
PRICE: $325
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