-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: First U.S. map purchased for record price (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:00:00 -0600 (CST) From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] FYI - a link to an advertisement for Abel Buell's map that was published in the March 31, 1784 Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT) -- http://bit.ly/hZAzd9 Jim Walsh On Jan 31, 2011, *Angie Cope* <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Please notice text wrap of url address below ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: First U.S. map purchased for record price (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:01:12 -0600 From: Hadden, Robert L AGC <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE "First U.S. map purchased for record price." By Jacqueline Trescott, Washington Post Staff Writer, Sunday, January 30, 2011; 10:48 PM. The first map of the United States, created in 1784, has been purchased for the record price of $1.8 million by Washington philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, who is lending it to the Library of Congress. The Abel Buell map, named after the Connecticut cartographer who created it, has been a missing link in the library's vast collection of maps. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/30/AR2011013003337.html?hpid=sec-artsliving R. Lee Hadden, BA, BS, MLS Geospatial Information Library (Map Library) Army Geospatial Center 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22315 (703) 428-9206 [log in to unmask] Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE