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Post route map of the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri : with adjacent parts of Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas

Title
Post route map of the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri : with adjacent parts of Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General John A.J. Creswell and Second Assistant Postmaster General John L. Routt by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1872 ; drawn by P. Goepel & A. Kilp ; engraved by D. McClelland, Wash. D.C.
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Post Office Dept., [1873]

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Additional Authors
  • Creswell, John A. J., 1828-1891.
  • Roult, John L.
  • Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913
  • Kilp, Anton
  • United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Description
1 map on 4 sheets : color, mounted on linen; 154 x 137 cm, on 4 sheets 85 x 77 cm, or smaller
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US062.2.01
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, discontinued post offices, table of general statistics, and table of distances.
  • Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Sept. 1st, 1873."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5806
OCLC
1003855182
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, creator.
Title
Post route map of the states of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri : with adjacent parts of Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General John A.J. Creswell and Second Assistant Postmaster General John L. Routt by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1872 ; drawn by P. Goepel & A. Kilp ; engraved by D. McClelland, Wash. D.C.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Post Office Dept., [1873]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:633,300. 10 miles to the inch (W 97°00ʹ--W 87°00ʹ/N 44°30ʹ--N 35°30ʹ).
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. 5, page 195, column 1, no. 1
Source
US062.2.01
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Creswell, John A. J., 1828-1891.
Roult, John L.
Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913, draftsman.
Kilp, Anton, draftsman.
United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5806 [Filed as Illinois 1872 as listed in Dictionary Catalog]
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