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Post route map of the state of Colorado

Title
Post route map of the state of Colorado / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General D.M. Key by W.L. Nicholson ; drawn by A.F. Dinsmore.
Author
United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], [1879]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-5545Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Key, David McKendree, 1824-1900.
  • Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
  • Dinsmore, A. F.
Description
1 map : color; 73 x 105 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US042.3.04
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows railroads, mail service routes with frequency, special supply and messenger routes, and natural features.
  • Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  • "The first edition was issued in 1877."
  • "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Jan. 1, 1879."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5545
OCLC
1031028732
Author
United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
Title
Post route map of the state of Colorado / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General D.M. Key by W.L. Nicholson ; drawn by A.F. Dinsmore.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], [1879]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:696,960. 11 miles to the inch (W 109°--W 102°/N 41°--N 37°).
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. 3, page 250, column 3, no. 3
Source
US042.3.04
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Key, David McKendree, 1824-1900.
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, cartographer.
Dinsmore, A. F., draftsman.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5545
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