Thomas Kitchin (1719-1784), A New Map of Virginia from the Best Authorities, 1761 from the London Magazine after the Fry-Jefferson map of 1753, black and white line engraving, 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in. (plate), 8-1/4 x 10-5/8 in. (overall), unframed Notes: This copy if the map was published in William C. Wooldridge, Mapping Virginia, figure 107, pp 114-115. Kitchin’s map notes S. Stahlmaker and J. Keeny as the farthest-west settlers of Virginia in 1755, information which may have been noted with the original draft of the Fry-Jefferson map sent to England. Copies of this map are held in the Library of Congress, in the United States Military Academy Library at West Point, and in the collection of The Smithsonian Museum of American History. Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Proceeds to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund minor tear in upper right margin, some discoloration, inscriptions in lower and upper right margins