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Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States, and those projected through the public lands and their connection with the principal harbours on the lakes and on the seaboard.

Title
Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States, and those projected through the public lands and their connection with the principal harbours on the lakes and on the seaboard.
Author
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands.
Publication
Washington, D.C. [s.n., 1849]
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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 01-5295Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

Details

Additional Authors
Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878.
Description
1 map : hand col.; 57 x 92 cm.
Summary
Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads.
Donor/Sponsor
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
Note
  • "Printed by order of the Senate of the United States the 9th Sess. 31st Congress 1848-9."
  • Railroad lines hand col. in red ink.
  • "Accompanied with a report from Hon. Sidney Breese, for granting land to the state of Illinois to aid in the completion of her rail roads."
  • Includes tables of travel times.
  • Description derived from published bibliography.
Indexed In (note)
  • LC Railroad maps
  • Phillips. Maps of America
Additional Formats (note)
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Call Number
Map Div. 01-5295
LCCN
98688309
OCLC
42763098
Author
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands.
Title
Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States, and those projected through the public lands and their connection with the principal harbours on the lakes and on the seaboard.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. [s.n., 1849]
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000].
Additional Formats
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Indexed In:
LC Railroad maps, 13
Phillips. Maps of America, p. 899
Local Note
NYPL copy lacks pieces of map on the lower left corner.
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Added Author
Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 01-5295
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