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Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina
- Title
- Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General David M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1879.
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- [Washington] : [Post Office Dept.], [1880]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-5177 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
- Description
- 1 map : hand colored; 137 x 154 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US016.2.01
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- "September 1, 1880" of edition statement is manuscript addition. Also post routes appear to be added by hand.
- Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5177
- OCLC
- 938921248
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General David M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1879.
- Imprint
- [Washington] : [Post Office Dept.], [1880]
- Edition
- The service on this diagram brought up to date of September 1, 1880.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:506,880. 8 miles to the in. (W 84°--W 75°/N 41°--N 35°).
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Indexed In:
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 89, column c, row 6
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy in 4 sheets, 70 x 80 cm or 70 x 79 cm. Some of those 4 sheets have split in 2, so each half sheet is labeled 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, and so forth.
- Source
- US016.2.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, designer.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5177 [4 sheets]