David,
I don’t recall any specific instance,
but a category of maps that was probably intended for public display is postal
route maps. Post offices would have hung them for ready reference.
Abraham Bradley, Jr.’s frequently
re-issued Map of the
Herman Moll’s book-published New England,
David Burr, who earlier was a protégé of the
NYS Surveyor-General Simeon DeWitt, created maps for the US Post Office in the
1830s which showed color-coded frequency of service as well as routes.
Interesting topic, please tell us what you
find out. (I almost wrote “keep us posted.”)
Edward Knoblauch
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