Research Catalog

Title

Post route map of the State of New York : and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, showing also the adjacent portions of the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Asst. Postmaster General Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1868.

Author

United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.

Publication

[Washington] : Post Office Department, [1875?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
• Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872.
• McLellan, George William, 1804 or 1805-1877.
• Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913
• McClelland, D.

Description

1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored; 134 x 152 cm, sheets 75 x 85 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US145.2.01

Subjects

• Thematic maps
• Postal service > New York (State) > Maps
• Maps
• Postal service > Northeastern States > Maps
• Transportation > New York (State) > Maps
• Railroads > New York (State) > Maps
• New York (State) > Maps
• Post roads > Northeastern States > Maps
• Post roads > New York (State) > Maps

Genre/Form

• Thematic maps.
• Maps.

Note

• Shows post offices, routes, distances, canals, and railroads.
• In lower margin: drawn by Paul Goepel; engraved by D. McClelland.
• Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
• "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Feb. 1, 1875."
• At head of title: [seal of Post Office Department, United States of America].
• Insets: Postal service of Long Island with the principal mail connections of the city of New York, Scale [1:380,160] -- [Parts of the provinces of Québec and Ontario bordering New York and Vermont].
• Includes tables: General statistics -- Distances.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5777

OCLC

927633136

Author

United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.

Title

Post route map of the State of New York : and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, showing also the adjacent portions of the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Asst. Postmaster General Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1868.

Publisher

[Washington] : Post Office Department, [1875?]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:380,160. Six miles to the inch (W 80°10ʹ--W 73°00ʹ/N 45°00ʹ--N 40°26ʹ).

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. 7, page 163, column 1, row 7

Source

US145.2.01

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, cartographer.

Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872.

McLellan, George William, 1804 or 1805-1877.

Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913, draftsman.

McClelland, D., engraver.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5777 [4 sheets]