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Survey of the Allegheny River from Franklin to Pittsburgh

Title: Survey of the Allegheny River from Franklin to Pittsburgh / levelled and surveyed under the direction of Lieut. Col. Kearney, U.S. Top. Engineers by Lieutenants C. Graham & J.M. Berrien ; [No. 1] drawn by Lieutt. Berrien, 5th Infantry, 1828 ; No. 2 drawn by Lieutt. Ramsay, 1st Arty.
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, creator.
Publication: [Pittsburgh?] : [publisher not identified], [1828]

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	no. 2	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 17-5177 no. 2	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	no. 1	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 17-5177 no. 1	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Description

1 map on 2 sheets; sheets 19 x 81 cm and 19 x 96 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US206.1.01

Subjects

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Shows islands, tributaries, ferries, falls, mills, cultivated areas, distances, and structures along the Allegheny River between Franklin and Pittsburgh.
Includes notes.
In upper left corner [both sheets]: Doc. 343.
North oriented toward upper left on [sheet] No. 1; toward lower left on [sheet] No. 2.
Author attribution based on positions of service members involved in creation of the map and year when created.

Indexed In (note)

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Contents

No. 1. [Franklin to Mahoning Creek] -- No. 2. [Mahoning Creek to Pittsburgh].

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5177

OCLC

770083704

Author

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, creator.

Title

Survey of the Allegheny River from Franklin to Pittsburgh / levelled and surveyed under the direction of Lieut. Col. Kearney, U.S. Top. Engineers by Lieutenants C. Graham & J.M. Berrien ; [No. 1] drawn by Lieutt. Berrien, 5th Infantry, 1828 ; No. 2 drawn by Lieutt. Ramsay, 1st Arty.

Publisher

[Pittsburgh?] : [publisher not identified], [1828]

Cartographic Data

Scale not given (W 80°00ʹ00ʺ--W 79°26ʹ00ʺ/N 41°24ʹ00ʺ--N 40°26ʹ00ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 330 (25-2) H.doc. 343, map 1

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 174, column a, no. 5

Source

US206.1.01

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Local Subject

Allegheny River (Pennsylvania) Maps.

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.

Added Author

Kearney, James, -1862, surveyor.

Graham, Campbell, 1798 or 1799-1866, surveyor.

Berrien, John Macpherson, -1876, surveyor, draftsman.

Ramsay Lieutt., draftsman.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5177

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