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1770 Map of the Province of Pennsylvania (Detail)

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Southeastern section of a 1770 map of the Province of Pennsylvania. The inscription reads:
A MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA
EXHIBITING
not only THE IMPROVED PARTS of that PROVINCE, but also
ITS EXTENSIVE FRONTIERS:
Laid down FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS
and Chiefly FROM THE LATE MAP of W. Scull Published in 1770;
And Humbly Inscribed
TO THE HONORABLE
THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN ESQUIRES
TRUE AND ABSOLUTE PROPRIETARIES & GOVERNORS OF THE 
PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA
and the TERRITORIES thereunto belonging

Date: 1770

(c) The King of Prussia Historical Society