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Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by Charles Gratiot in his report of Oct. 31, 1837

Title: Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by Charles Gratiot in his report of Oct. 31, 1837 / compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert, U.S.T.E., by W. Hood.
Author: Hood, Washington
Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1837]

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Description

1 map; 54 x 38 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US006.3.02

Subjects

Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Maps
Maps
United States > Military policy > Maps
Fortification > West (U.S.) > Maps
Military bases > West (U.S.) > Maps
West (U.S.) > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

Shows rivers, roads, Indian lands, forts, military posts, cities and settlements, from the Mississippi River to the Great Plains and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Prime meridian: Washington. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.
Includes distance table.
In upper right corner of map: 2 Session, 25 Congress, S. no. 2, Doc. 65.

Indexed In (note)

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5071

OCLC

919377661

Author

Hood, Washington, creator.

Title

Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by Charles Gratiot in his report of Oct. 31, 1837 / compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert, U.S.T.E., by W. Hood.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1837]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:3,600,000 (W 103°--W 89°/N 46°--N 29°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 314 (25-2) S.doc. 65, map 2

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 315, column c, row 3

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 60608.

Source

US006.3.02

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Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Abert, John James, 1788-1863.

Gratiot, Charles, 1786-1855.

United States. Topographical Bureau.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5071

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