JOHNSTON, Thomas. Quebec, the Capital of New-France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court. [Boston, 1759]. Artist_Thomas Moran created circa 1905

created circa 1905

the largest scientific voyage ever mounted by the United States

are all that survives of the original surveyor's charts which became the source material for the larger manuscript maps composed by John Warner and William Mayo to establish the bounds of Sir Thomas Fairfax's claim to the Northern Neck area of the Potomac River in Virginia

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JOHNSTON, Thomas. Quebec, the Capital of New-France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court. [Boston, 1759]. Artist_Thomas Moran created circa 1905JOHNSTON, Thomas. Quebec, the Capital of New France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court. [Boston, 1759]. Single sheet mounted and framed (sheet size: 7 x 9 in.; 19. 6 x 24. 7 cm.); frame size: 11 x 13 in.; 29. 2 x 62. 7 cm.). EXTREMELY FINE engraved view of the city of Quebec, with ORIGINAL HAND COLOR; a bit browned. FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE, with the addition of a note about the defeat of Montcalm on September 13, 1759, which happened