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Abel Buell (1742–1822) born in Killingworth Connecticut was a goldsmith silversmith jewelry designer engraver surveyor type manufacturer mint master textile miller and counterfeiter in the American colonies. In 1784 Buell published A New and correct Map of the United States of North America Layd down from the latest Observations and best Authorities agreeable to the Peace of 1783; it was the first map of the new United States created by an American.