Original full uncut sheet of eight individual maps from surveys of the Neenah, or Fox River, by Thomas Jefferson Cram of the U.S. Topographical Engineers, published more than 180 years ago.

• The overall size of the sheet is 60.5 x 47.5 cm [23½" x 18¾"], and each of the individual maps measures approximately 5" x 8". Titles and scales are listed below:

1. No. 0. Rapide des Peres;Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.


2. No. 1. Little Kakalau; Scale 6 inches to 1 mile.


3. No. 2. Rapide de Croche; Scale 6 inches to 1 mile.


4. No. 3. Grand Kakalau; Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.


5. No. 4. Little Chute; Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.


6. No. 5. Grand Chute; with soundings.


7. No. 6. Winnebago Rapids; Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.


8. No. 7. [Untitled] Shows portage between the Fox River and the Wisconsin (spelled Wiskonsin) River, and notes the "unusually low" water in the Wisconsin during the survey on the "2nd of October 1839." Scale 4 inches to 1 mile.



• Condition:  This sheet is in excellent condition, bright, crisp, and clean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It has been backed with Japanese tissue and folds to approximately 8" x 5". Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• Cut-outs of the individual maps on the sheet occasionally come on the market, but it is rare to find in its intact state. This is the original, authentic 8-panel sheet, as issued.



• It had been published in the the Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of reports, plans and estimates for the improvement of the Neenah, Wiskonsin [sic] and Rock rivers, the improvement of the haven of Rock River, and the construction of a pier at the northern extremity of Winnebago Lake, issued in the United States Serial Set as Senate Doc. 318, 26th Congress, 1st session, 1840.



• Thomas Jefferson Cram (1804-1883) served in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers from 1839 to 1863. In addition to his surveys of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, he led surveys to determine the border of Michigan and Wisconsin Territory in the Upper Peninsula, worked to determine the feasibility of a water route to the Pacific through Central America, and assisted the United States Coast Survey in New England from 1847 to 1855 and in North Carolina from 1858 to 1861.



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