{"id":194,"date":"2010-10-27T21:44:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T21:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/"},"modified":"2014-02-18T18:19:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T18:19:59","slug":"whitelaw-map-1796","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/statemaps\/whitelaw-map-1796\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitelaw Map 1796"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_wb2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-311\" title=\"vt1796_Whitelaw_wb2\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_wb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_wb2.jpg 770w, https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_wb2-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few short years after Vermont joined the United States James Whitelaw issued &#8220;A Correct Map of the State of Vermont&#8221;. This large wall map shows every town in the state as well as the main roads in most towns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhist.com\/oldmapsvermont\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/vt1796_WhitelawPRINT-wb2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-149\" title=\"vt1796_WhitelawPRINT-wb2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vhist.com\/oldmapsvermont\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/vt1796_WhitelawPRINT-wb2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whitelaw, a skilled surveyor from Ryegate, was Vermont&#8217;s Surveyor-General at the time. Prior to publishing this map he had conducted numerous surveys at the town and county level, as he noted in a statement engraved upon the map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_HisHouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-308\" title=\"vt1796_Whitelaw_HisHouse\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_HisHouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_HisHouse.jpg 684w, https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/files\/2010\/10\/vt1796_Whitelaw_HisHouse-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt form the map &#8211; the Ryegate area. Note that surveyor Whitelaw&#8217;s house is marked on the map &#8211; one of few private houses shown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next excerpt shows the Rutland- Killington area, including the long forgotten town of Phildelphia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhist.com\/oldmapsvermont\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/vt1796_Whitelaw_Philadelphia-wb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-152\" title=\"vt1796_Whitelaw_Philadelphia-wb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vhist.com\/oldmapsvermont\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/vt1796_Whitelaw_Philadelphia-wb-964x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"819\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few short years after Vermont joined the United States James Whitelaw issued &#8220;A Correct Map of the State of Vermont&#8221;. This large wall map shows every town in the state as well as the main roads in most towns. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/statemaps\/whitelaw-map-1796\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":127,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.old-maps.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}