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Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine
- Title
- Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Wm. Dennison and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1866 ; drawn by P. Goepel ; eng. by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.
- Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States of America Post Office Department, [1875]
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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. 15-5269 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored; 149 x 93 cm, sheets 77 x 100 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US024.4.01
- Subjects
- Railway mail service
- Railroads
- Postal service
- New England
- New York (State)
- Post roads > New York (State) > Maps
- Railway mail service > New York (State) > Maps
- New England > Maps
- Railroads > New England > Maps
- Postal service > New York (State) > Maps
- New York (State) > Long Island
- Maps
- Railway mail service > New England > Maps
- Postal service > New England > Maps
- Post roads > New England > Maps
- Railroads > New York (State) > Maps
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Also shows railroad routes.
- Longitude east from Washington, D.C. Also gives time differential for longitudes. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
- Boundaries of states and some postal routes in color.
- First issue of this map: 1866.
- "The service on this diagram brought up to date of January 1, 1875." "January 1" and "75" are manuscript additions in ink.
- Includes table of distances and table of general statistics for 1860 and 1866.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5269
- OCLC
- 948890014
- Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, designer.
- Title
- Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Wm. Dennison and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1866 ; drawn by P. Goepel ; eng. by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States of America Post Office Department, [1875]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:380,160. 6 miles to 1 in. (W 74°18ʹ--W 69°48ʹ/N 45°40ʹ--N 40°32ʹ).
- 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. 6, page 803, column c, row 3
- Source
- US024.4.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913, draftsman.McClelland, D., engraver.United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5269 [Filed with New England 1866, as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division]