File:Charlotte County 1777.png

Description: Map of Charlotte, Gloucester, and Cumberland counties in New York and later Vermont from an 1777 "Map of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey". Author: From topographical observations by Claude Joseph Sauthier. Engraved and published by Matthew Albert Lotter. Date: 1777. Source: "Charlotte County, Province of New York" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Province_of_New_York (accessed 20 June 2011), citing "Map of the provinces of New York and New Jersey" Source: Library of Congress. Permission: Public domain. This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in public domain for the following reason:
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