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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. : Post Office Dept., 1874
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Post Office Dept., [1874]
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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. 15-5807 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map : hand colored, mounted on linen; 154 x 137 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US062.3.01
- 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 November 1st, 1874."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5807
- OCLC
- 1003855099
- 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.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Post Office Dept., 1874 (Washington, D.C. D. McClelland)
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Post Office Dept., [1874]
- 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
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 4 sheets 78 x 71 cm.NYPL Map Div. copy has a bookplate pasted on the top left corner of map or [sheet 3 of 4] with print and manuscript notations in ink: "Library Americana -- February 24, 1891, Presented by: Gen. William O. McDowell, New York City, Date, May 2nd., 1899."
- Source
- US062.3.01
- Connect to:
- 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.McDowell, William Osborne, 1848-1927, donor.United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5807 [Filed as Illinois 1872 as listed in Dictionary Catalog]