The following is a brief list, annotated, of the works referred to in this website. It is not a comprehensive listing of all works that have mentioned John Mitchell and his map.

Despite their biography's title, the Berkeleys turned to John Mitchell because of his importance as a colonial botanist. Two chapters do examine the making of his map -- "Mitchell, the Map Maker" (pp.175-89) and "Cartographic Recognition" (pp.190-213) -- but not in as great a depth as historians of cartography would wish. However this biography does fill out the life of a hitherto enigmatic cartographic figure.

Reproduces (after p.52) the sheet of Mitchell's map that Franklin annotated for Jefferson in 1790.

A useful, if now dated, overview of the history after 1783 of Maine's northern boundaries by the Maine State Historian.

Discusses the Popple Map of 1733 and its role in encouraging British colonial settlement.

A classic text on the early history of North American cartography. This work nonetheless has some problems, as exemplified in its confusion over the various editions of the Mitchell Map. The map is discussed in two sections: "A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America" (pp.180-84), and "A Map of the British Colonies in North America" (pp.290-93). This last section provides a large reproduction of the British Library's "Red-Line" map presented to George III. Of most use to a modern audience are the extensive quotations of Mitchell's textual annotations on the body of the map.

A first-hand account of the American side of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1843. It includes a copy of a section of Jay's map showing Maine and the northeast.

This listing includes much of relevance to the Maine borders. A "cartographic series" has subsequently been separated out from the main record group, with different entry numbers; for these, reference must be made to an annotated copy of the inventory.

A coffee-table book with good reproductions of many maps of North America, including the Mitchall Map (pp.130-31).

Although the author is not specified on the titlepage, it is certainly by Greene, who levels some criticism at Mitchell's sources.

A 6-page typescript listing some of the Mitchell Maps associated with the Treaty of Paris. Despite its title, it does not treat the other maps.

Includes copies of papers concerning the meeting of August 3rd, 1782, between John Jay and the count d'Aranda.

Chief of the Library of Congress's Map Division (1924-46), Martin was fascinated by the Mitchell Map. Ristow presents a summary of Martin's several publications. (Unfortunately, Martin's full-length study on the map, still in typescript on his death, was lost before 1956.) Stephenson presents Martin's scheme for identifying the eleven editions of the map, based on the thirty copies of the map that he collected for the Library of Congress.

This introduction sets the stage for the 1817-1823 boundary determination through the Great Lakes with a thorough analysis of the Treaty of Paris, the "red line maps," and the Maine boundary. I must thank Joseph Delafield III for donating a copy of this limited edition to the Osher Map Library.

Provides a very succinct overview of the role of the Mitchell map in the Treaty of Paris. Reproduces two section of John Jay's copy of the Mitchell map and clearly identifies this as a third edition.

A general history of maps of America, this book provides excellent context for the Mitchell Map in terms of the other maps produced at about the same time.

The Mitchell Map comprises entries 37-53 (pp.11-14); in classifying the London editions, Sellers & Van Ee follow Martin (1972).

Originally published in 1951, this is a comprehensive listing of the various editions and states of separately issued maps of North America originally published before 1800. Data collection was begun by Henry N. Stevens in 1880; it is possible that an incomplete reference by him was taken as accurate by Stevens & Tree, thereby accounting for the possibly erroneous entry concerning Mitchell's map (no.54; pp.86-87), in an otherwise meticulous and trustworthy work.