Pl. 16A Antique Chart of the US Population 1830-1840 by Walker, 1874
€ 450
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Date
1830
Sheet size
41 × 55 cm (16.1 × 21.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11875-11
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
General age-related toning, minor wear. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.
About this sheet
The population of the United States in 1830 and 1840, an original lithograph (Plate 16A) from the Statistical Atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870, compiled by Francis A. Walker and published in 1874. The plate carries two maps side by side, headed "The Progress of the Nation, 1830" and "The Progress of the Nation, 1840", with the 1830 map compiled from the returns of the fifth census and the 1840 map from the sixth.
Each map shows, in five degrees of density, the distribution of the population of the United States east of the 100th meridian, excluding Indians not taxed. The settled country appears as a gray-purple tint that grows darker toward the Atlantic coast, with the western edge of settlement reaching into the Mississippi valley and Michigan, and the Great Lakes, Florida and the Gulf coast outlined. A star marks the center of population on each map, and the scale of density sits at the lower right of each.
Set next to the later plates of the series, the maps show settlement moving west decade by decade.
