This Plan of The City of Baltimore: as enlarged & laid out by T.H. Poppleton under the direction of the commissioners appointed by the General Assembly of Maryland in Feby. 1818 & corrected to May 1852.

Abstract
1 map, hand colored; 113 x 145 cm. on 4 sheets 58 x 74 cm.; Scale: ca. 1:7,300.
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Description from Mapping Maryland: "T.H. Poppleton, described in an 1811 issue of the "Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser" as a "Practical land Surveyor and Draughtsman," initiated a survey of the city in 1812. Not until February 1816, however, did the Maryland General Assembly commission the cartographer to print the map. Though not a financially lucrative venture at its first issue, Poppleton's work underwent subsequent modifications and printings and served as the reference for Baltimore's physical development until the 1880s."
Description from "Maryland from the Willard Hackerman Map collection", George Peabody Library Exhibit Oct. 9, 2018 - March 16, 2019: "Thomas H. Poppleton's magnificent map is a centerpiece of Mr. Hackerman's collection and a landmark map for Baltimore City. In the July 27, 1811 edition of the "Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser " Baltimore's mayor solicited proposals for an up-to-date city survey at a detailed scale of 300 feet per inch. It wasn't until 1822 that Poppleton published the first sheets. Thirty years later, he followed it with updates and corrections in this edition of 1852. Former Peabody Librarian, Fran Jones, in an article of 1961 title "Baltimore Mapmakers," noted that three version of the map were projected: "Plain impressions at ten dollars per set of two sheets; Colored at twenty dollars," and a few "got up in a very superior style of coloring" at thirty dollars. Richly embellished with historic scenes and vignettes of buildings reflecting civic pride, this map is a rare gem long cherished by all Baltimoreans."
Keywords
Baltimore--Maps
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