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Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by the Hon. J.R. Poinsett, Sec. of War, in his report of Dec. 30, 1837

Title: Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by the Hon. J.R. Poinsett, Sec. of War, in his report of Dec. 30, 1837 / compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert, U.S.T.E., by W. Hood.
Author: Hood, Washington.
Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1838?]

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Description

1 map; 55 x 38 cm, on sheet 60 x 43 cm

Summary

Map showing the lands just west of the Mississippi River from Fort Snelling in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Shows the lands of the Omaha, Pawnee, Shawnee, Delaware, Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw and other Native American tribes west of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Also shows the American forts throughout.

Uniform Title

Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 25th Congress, 2nd session, doc. 65, map 1.

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US028A.1.10

Subjects

Indians of North America
Missouri
Maps
Arkansas
Missouri > Maps
Maps > Mississippi River
Fortification > West (U.S.) > Maps
Arkansas > Maps
Intaglio prints
Iowa > Maps
Mississippi River > Maps
Louisiana > Maps
Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.
Intaglio prints.
Maps – Mississippi River.

Note

Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
"25 Congress 2 Session S. no. 1 Doc. 65."

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 16-575

OCLC

890620923

Author

Hood, Washington.

Title

Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier : as proposed by the Hon. J.R. Poinsett, Sec. of War, in his report of Dec. 30, 1837 / compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert, U.S.T.E., by W. Hood.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1838?]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:3,200,000 (W 102°--W 89°/N 46°--N 29°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Series

Senate document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 25th Congress, 2nd session, doc. 65, map 1.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 315, column c, no. 2

Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 314 (25-2) S.doc. 65, map 1

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 60609.

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Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851.

Abert, John James, 1788-1863.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-575

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