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latitude marked. In the margin at foot towards the right-hand 
side of the map, “Longitude East from London.” 
In the left-hand top corner, in an ornamental, scrolled panel, 
surmounted with a coat of arms, hearing the motto “ Tuum est ,” is 
a dedication “ To the Noble and Right Honourable William Cowper, 
Earl Cowper, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County 
of Hartford, this Map is dedicated by His Lordships Most Obedient 
and humble servant Tho s : Kitchin.” In the extreme corner a note 
as to the orthography of the name of the county. To the right 
of the panel a list and biographical notes of the “ Earls and 
Marquises of Hartford,” and below a description of the town of 
“ Hartford.” 
On the left-hand side of the map, to the west of the county 
boundary at Berkhamsted, is a circular indicator of the north, with 
the east indicated by a cross, and in the left-hand bottom corner 
a scale of (5) “ Statute British Miles 69 to a Degree.” 
In the right-hand top corner is a long explanation of the signs, 
etc., on the map, and the whole margin in the right-hand bottom 
comer is filled with a design, consisting of an upright and ornamental 
stone panel, with the title of the map, and a stone trough and 
fountain, at which a lad is standing talking to a girl. In the 
distance groups of trees and water. In the foreground, on the right, 
a plough, and, on the left, standing corn and reapers, two men 
and two women, seated at a meal, one of the men drinking 
from a small barrel, the other holding a sickle. In the margin, 
“A. Walker, I. Sc” 
The title runs as follows: 1 A New Improved Map of Hartford- 
shire from the Best Surveys and Intelligence, Divided into its 
Hundreds ; Shewing the Several Roads, and true Measured Distances 
between Town and Towd. Also the Rectories and Vicarages ; the 
Parks and Seats of Nobility and Gentry; with other useful Par¬ 
ticulars. By Tho s : Kitchin, Geographer.’ 
From 1 The Large English Atlas: or, a New Set of Maps of 
all the Counties of England and Wales, By Emanuel Bowen, 
Geographer to His Majesty, Thomas Kitchen and Others.’ 
London, n.d., imp. folio. 
There are 48 maps in this collection, including one of England 
and Wales, 37 of the English Counties, 3 of the Ridings of 
Yorkshire, 6 of Welsh Counties, and 1 of North Wales. They 
are all by either Bowen or Kitchin, except the following :— 
Gloucester and Monmouth in one map, no author’s name ; Middlesex, 
R. W. Searle; Westmoreland, no name ; and North Wales, no name. 
In general they bear no date, but Norfolk is dated 1749, Berks, 
Bucks, Leicester and Rutland, and Worcester are 1756, Derbyshire 
is 1758, and Westmoreland 1760. The atlas, therefore, could not 
have been published prior to the last-mentioned date, to which one 
copy in the British Museum is ascribed in the Library Catalogue, 
although another is given as “ circa 1756.” It seems safe to take 
the first issue of this atlas as having been about 1760. There were 
at least two others, distinguishable by the imprints on the title 
