1884 Geolical Survey by H. C. Lewis

     A 1930  pictorial map compiling Indian Villages, Trails, and Sachemdoms of 1625.  Published by the 

Connecticut Society of Colonial Dames of America which is a section of the National Society of Colonial

Dames or NSDCA which is currently about 15,000 strong.  This wonderful organization founded in 1891 provides historical preservations, educational projects and scholarships including but not limited to American Indian Medical Scholarships.

     The brainchild behind this rare map was Mary Pierson Cheney, the president of the Connecticut Dames at the time.  Mary was a philanthropist, a civic activist and married to Horace Bushnell Cheney,

a member of the Cheney Silk conglomerate.  By 1920 the Cheney Brothers produced the most silk in the world and employed 25 percent of the town of Manchester.  Mary's father, Stephen C. Pierson was a renown civil engineer in Meriden Connecticut.

     The map was drawn by Hayden Leavenworth Griswold, a civil engineer that had worked for five different towns as well as Manchester.  The map was compiled by Mathias Spiess, a tobacco broker with extensive knowledge of the tribes living in and about Connecticut.

Ther were an estimated 2000 of these maps produced which were distributed to educational

establishments within Connecticut during the early years of the Great Depression

             A rare 1690 map by Vincenzo Coronelli noting the discovery of Jan Mayen Island in 1614.