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Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico
- Title
- Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico / published by order of Postmaster General William F. Vilas, under the direction of W.L. Nicholson, topographer.
- Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Post Office Department], [1886]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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. 17-5361 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 map : color; 102 x 139 cm, sheet 112 x 150 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US232.1.06
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
- "Showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1886."
- "Note: The service on the diagram brought up to date of March 1, 1886."
- Inset: Northwestern portion of Texas on a reduced scale [Scale approximately 1:1,350,000].
- "The first edition was issued in 1878."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5361
- OCLC
- 1019904472
- Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, cartographer.
- Title
- Post route map of the state of Texas, with adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory and of the Republic of Mexico / published by order of Postmaster General William F. Vilas, under the direction of W.L. Nicholson, topographer.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Post Office Department], [1886]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:950,000 (W 106°38ʹ--W 93°30ʹ/N 36°30ʹ--N 25°50ʹ).
- 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.9, page 534, column 1, row 1
- Source
- US232.1.06
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- United States. Post Office Department, publisher.Sterne Collection
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 17-5361