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Map of Kentucky & Tennessee : exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c.

Title
Map of Kentucky & Tennessee : exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c. / by David H. Burr (late topographer to the Post Office), geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S ; John Arrowsmith.
Author
Burr, David H., 1803-1875
Publication
[Washington, D.C.?] : [David H. Burr], [1839]

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Additional Authors
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Description
1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored; 91 x 124 cm, on sheets 97 x 66 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US076.2.06
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows state, county, city, and town boundaries, roads, railroads, and notable physical features.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  • "Entered according to act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5964
OCLC
879769995
Author
Burr, David H., 1803-1875, creator, publisher.
Title
Map of Kentucky & Tennessee : exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads, &c. / by David H. Burr (late topographer to the Post Office), geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S ; John Arrowsmith.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.?] : [David H. Burr], [1839]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:633,600 (W 90°10ʹ--W 81°40ʹ/N 39°30ʹ--N 34°20ʹ).
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 553, column 3, no. 4
Source
US076.2.06
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873, engraver.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5964
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