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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:24:57 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask], Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re[2]: historic gazetteers (fwd)


May sound silly, for 18th c. names, for individual states, they may still show
up as small towns of zero pop., often listed in the Rand McNally commercial
atlas. It often is a source for names that do not appear anywhere else. If you
have a particular name, and an idea of where the place might be, we can eyeball
some of our 18th century maps and try to come up with your site.  Alice Hudson,
Map Division, NYPL

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Subject: Re: historic gazetteers (fwd)
Author:  Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    07/14/2000 11:37 AM


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Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:54:03 -0400
From: Paul W. Schopp <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: historic gazetteers (fwd)

Elizabeth:

I would suggest accessing G.A. Thompson's "The Geographical and
Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies..." first
published in 1814.  I have a reprint edition consisting of five
volumes and published by Burt Franklin, NY, NY in 1970.
Unfortunately, it is not available on the web AFAIK.

Best,
Paul Schopp
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Elisabeth Filar
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Does anyone know some good web sites for historic US place
names -
> specifically the New England area? We are trying to locate some
towns that
> no longer exist and though some gazetteers from about the late
1700's and
> early 1800's would work - especially the time of  the War of
1812.
>
> Thanks!
> ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
> Elisabeth Filar * Map Librarian
> Earth Sciences Library * Campus Box 184
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> phone: 303-492-7578 * fax:303-735-4879
> http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/map/frontpage.htm
>