sentences:  First published in 1755, in conjunction with the imminent Seven Years' War, the Mitchell Map was subsequently used during the Treaty of Paris (1783) to define the boundaries of the newly independent United States and remains important today for resolving border disputes.John Mitchell was born in 1711 in Lancaster County, Virginia to a relatively well off merchant and planting family.He went to Scotland to study at the University of Edinburgh, earning the M.A.