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Notable titles included Mitchell’s School Atlas (1845–1857), General View of the World, Physical, Political, and Statistical (1846), and the Travellers’ Guide through the United States (1850). His major work, A System of Modern Geography (1865), combined forty-four copperplate maps with hundreds of engravings. In 1860, the business passed to his son, S. Augustus Mitchell, who continued the publishing legacy under his father’s name. Samuel Augustus Mitchell died in Philadelphia on December 20, 1868, leaving behind one of the most influential American cartographic and educational enterprises of the 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"map-of-connecticut","title":"Map of Connecticut.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Map of Connecticut.\" This exquisite state map by Samuel Augustus Mitchell features detailed insets of the Hartford and New Haven areas, accompanied by a statistical table that lists Connecticut's counties and their seats. 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