John Baxton Flowers III Map Collection

1682-1879
Map Collection #MC0022
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Flowers, John Baxton, III, 1942-
Physical description
1.41 Cubic Feet, 12 items, consisting of maps
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John Baxton Flowers III Map Collection (#MC0022), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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This collection contains eleven maps depicting North Carolina and South Carolina from 1682 through 1858, and a New Map of Palestine (1845) based mainly on the maps and drawings of Robinson and Smith with corrections and additions by Rev. Dr. Robinson.

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April 17, 2002, 2 items, 0.006 cubic feet; a) New Map of Palestine from the latest authorities chiefly from the maps & drawings of Robinson & Smith with corrections and additions furnished by the Revd. Dr. Robinson 1845. Published by J. H. Colton, No. 86 Cedar Street, New York. Insets (2): Plan of Jerusalem & Environs of Jerusalem. Paper on cloth. No scale. 31-1/2" x 41-1/2" (Inherited from Alfred Flowers (1806-1846), Flowery Dale Plantation, Sampson County, NC). b) To David Stone and Peter Brown, Esq. this first actual survey of the state of North Carolina taken by the subscribers is respectfully dedicated by their humble servants Jona. Price & John Strother, 1808. Engrd. by W. Harrison, Philadelphia. Paper on cloth. Scale: 1-1/4" = 10 miles. 59-1/2" x 29-1/2" (Once owned by John Flowers (1755-1812) a revolutionary war soldier and planter of Poplar Hill Plantation, Wayne & Duplin Counties, NC). Donor: John Baxton Flowers III.

June 8, 2010, (unprocessed addition 1), 1 item, 0.037 cubic feet; Messenger Handbook for 1879, including Goldsboro Messenger Map of North Carolina 1879; Facts Concerning North Carolina Worth Remembering; List of Counties, Date of Formation, Area, Population and County Seats; Important Chronological Events; North Carolina Court Calendar for 1879; United States Courts; Scale of Depreciation of Confederate Currency; Distance from Goldsboro to ; Number of Days from any in one Month to the same in any other; Names of Principal Towns in North Carolina and Estimated Number of Inhabitants, etc. Given as a Premium to Subscribers for 1879 with Beaufort Harbor Inset Map. (New York, NY: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co., 1879) Printed. Pamphlet with foldout map. 16.5 x 10.5 mm. Scale: 4.5 cm = 60 miles. Recd. 11/17/2009. Donor: John Baxton Flowers III.

May 29, 2026, (unprocessed addition 2), 9 items, 1.37 cubic feet; Addition includes nine maps related to North Carolina and South Carolina. The maps have been tentatively identified as "Carolina" created by Henry Moll in 1729, "A Map of North Carolina" (depiction circa 1700-1710) by John Brickell published in 1743, a map from Mathew Carey's "Pocket Atlas Maps of North Carolina" published between 1796 and 1820, a colored print of John Seller's 1682 map "Carolina Newly Discribed [sic]," a "Plan of Charles Town from a survey by Edward Crisp in 1704" (South Carolina), "North and South Carolina" created by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. in 1858 as part of his atlas, an 1802 Map of South Carolina prepared by engraver Thomas Coram for John Drayton's "A View of South Carolina," and a map of North Carolina and South Carolina engraved in 1833 for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (S.D.U.K.). The remaining map of North Carolina is probably from the late 1700s based on the counties that are in existence and the spelling of some geographic features and places. Donor: John Baxton Flowers III.

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Gift of John Baxton Flowers, III

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