As one of the oldest learned societies in North America, the American Philosophical Society (APS) is distinguished by its fine holdings, and as users will find out at this site, also by their fine collection of antiquarian and tremendously valuable maps. On this site, visitors will find the digital version of the APS's map holdings, originally created by Murphy D. Smith in 1991. Cartographers, historians, and geographers will appreciate the detailed records here, each of which includes information such as the date of creation, title, size, provenance, coloring, and call number. A number of the maps themselves have been digitized for this project, and there are quite a few fine documents here worth perusing. These maps include a plan of Port au Price from around 1800 and a map of the British and American troop positions in 1776 as rendered by the noted artist Charles Willson Peale.