General note:
The following maps are contained in this atlas (transcribed directly from the atlas):
CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME
I ST TAMMINA ISLAND
II SUGAR ISLAND
III GEORGE LAKE
IV GEORGE OR SUGAR ISLAND
V SAULT ST. MARIE
VI SCALES
VII LAKE SUPERIOR
VIII _____D°______
IX _____D°______
X RIVER ST. LOUIS
XI _____D°______
XII LAKE VERMILION
XIII LAKE SUPERIOR
XIV LAKE KASIGANAGAH (WITH EXTRA MAP OF LAKE ATTACHED)
XV LAKE LA CROIX ______________D°_________________
XVI LOWER VERMILION RIVER
XVII NEMUEKAN
XVIII RAINY LAKE
XIX RAINY RIVER
XX ____D°_____
XXI RAINY LAKE
XXII LAKE OF THE WOODS
XXIII ________D°________
XXIV ________D°________
XXV ________D°________
XXVI ________D°________
A [CONTAINING 1, 2, 3, 4]
B [_____D°____ 5, 6, 7]
2 LAKE SUPERIOR
4 ARROW RIVER, &c.
5 ARROW LAKE, &c.
[32]/F LAKE SAISACIN_ECA
6 STURGEON LAKE
Source of title:
Title of accession is based on the title of the atlas found on the spine.
Physical description note:
Dimensions:
height = 86.3 cm (at right hand side of front cover)
width = 70.5 cm (at bottom edge of front cover)
depth = 6.5 cm (at thickest part of spine)
Bound in black and reddish brown, appears to be leather. Front and back covers are reddish brown, spine and corners have additional black over top.
Of the 70 pages, 4 are paper and 66 are a heavier fabric.
Title of document along spine (transcribed):
AMERICAN
BOUNDARIES
ARTICLE 7
TREATY 1814
AND 1842
Note on the state of conservation:
Some damage along location where front cover attaches to the spine.
Some ink bleed/staining appears to have occurred on some pages with faint lines apparently caused by lines on opposite page. This may be due to differential colour change/fading due to presence of the chemicals in the ink as opposed to transfer of the ink pigment.
Custodial history:
Atlas found in WMB Room 1098, originally from RG88M 87803/29, 21 February 2002.
Accompanying material note:
Attached to title page are two smaller, bound paper documents, First document:
Dimensions: 21.4 cm x 13.5 cm (height x width)
Number of Pages: 12
Title: REPORT of the British and United States' Commissioners appointed to trace the Line of Boundary under Art. VII of the Treaty of Ghent of December 24, 1814. - New York, October 23, 1826; and Record of the Proceedings of the Commissioners from November 10, 1826, to October 27, 1827
Handwritten annotation on cover: From "State Papers" Vol 57. [I] 803.
Note: some pages have annotations added in pencil, Second document:
Dimensions: 33.2 cm x 21.1 cm (height x width)
Number of Pages: 4
Cover Page Transcription:
TREATY
BETWEEN
HER MAJESTY
AND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Signed at Washington, August 9, 1842.
Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.
1843
LONDON:
PRINTED BY T. R. HARRISON, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, Additional document accompaies this atlas:
2 printed and stapled pages (appears to be dot matrix on continuous feed paper) titled: "RG 88M, 88703/29 Preliminary Inventory"
2 entries on the second page are circled in red ink:
"359 American Boundary Treaty, 1814"
"360 ...
American Boundary, 1814 (1842)"
Note in red ink at top of second page: "These 2 atlases are from the EMR transfer (see previous page). Is Lorris keeping a master list, to which the call numbers can be added? Ed"
Related material:
MIKAN 4151899 appears to be similar material.
Physical medium:
Maps are made on paper, which has been glued using an unknown adhesive to the fabric supporting pages of the atlas.
