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Sine Qua Non: A map of the United States of America showing the boundary line proposed by the British commissioners at Ghent

Permanent ID:
11541
Call number:
S* .99 v.5
Date:
1814
Image Description:
Map of the United States with boundary lines as drawn by British commissioners at the start of negotiations for the Treaty of Ghent in July 1814, to end the War of 1812. Notably, the British requested a buffer zone in the northwest which was to be a British-sponsored Indian state, which the United States did not abide. The ratified Treaty did not include any of the major territory changes shown on this map.

Bound within a volume with "Documents relative to the negotiations for peace between the United States and Great Britain."
Inscription:
EXPLANATION
Of the Colouring, agreeably to the proposed boundary.

UNITED STATES.
Within the line                                  shaded Green.
Beyond the line (assigned to the Indians)          Red.
LOUISIANA                                                 Yellow.
BRITISH POSSESSIONS                               Pink.
FLORIDA                                                    Purple.
  (Recto)
Format:
Map
Dimensions:
Width: 44 cm, Height: 35.5 cm (image)
Related People or Organizations:
Melish, John (publisher)
Henry Schenck Tanner, 1786-1858 (cartographer)