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Title: Map of Nebraska and Kansas Territories. Showing the Location of the Indian Reserves according to the Treaties of 1854. Compiled by S. Eastman, Captain U.S.A. Author: Eastman, Seth Place: Philadelphia, Pa. Publisher: Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. Date: 1854 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored in outline. 61.3x90 cm (24x35½"), folding into blindstamped cloth covers with printed paper label, 14.7x9.5 cm (6x3¾"). Scarce and important map of the newly created territories of Kansas and Nebraska, one of the first to show them, with a panel of text in upper right, which, together with the map, show the lands ceded by the various tribes to the US, and thus open for settlement. John Garver, in an essay in Mapping the North American Plains, states: "If not the first, it was one of the earliest maps of the newly created territories which visually displayed the vast areas in their eastern portions formerly reserved for Indian homeland that were now 'open' to white settlement." The label on the front cover reads: Eastman's Map of Nebraska and Kanzas Territory, Showing the Location of The Indian Reserves, According to the Treaties of 1854. Compiled by S. Eastman, Captain U.S. Army. From Actual Surveys. Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co No. 20 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Copyright Secured." Signature in old ink on verso: R White. Withdrawn stamp of Yale, dated 1964, also on verso. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: Map of Nebraska and Kansas Territories. Showing the Location of the Indian Reserves according to the Treaties of 1854. Compiled by S. Eastman, Captain U.S.A. Notes From Indian Treaties Made In 1854 [12 short paras of text] Scale of 20 miles to 1 inch. [linear scale] Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Entered according to act of Congess in the year 1854 by Lippicott, Grambo & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. [written in plate:] I have examined this Map in regard to the Indian Territories and fine the same correct [??] Comm of Indian Affairs Indian Office Washington Sept 5, 1854 Provenance: Heaston, 1/94 References: Not in W-TW surprisingly. Baughman, Kansas in Maps. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to cover label; map with expert repairs at folds; very good or better. Item number: 265112