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Post route map of the states of Kansas and Nebraska : with adjacent parts of Missouri, Iowa, Dakota, Colorado, Texas, and Indian Territory : designed and constructedunder the orders of Postmaster General Marshall Jewell and Second Assistant Postmaster General John L. Routt

Title
Post route map of the states of Kansas and Nebraska : with adjacent parts of Missouri, Iowa, Dakota, Colorado, Texas, and Indian Territory : designed and constructedunder the orders of Postmaster General Marshall Jewell and Second Assistant Postmaster General John L. Routt / by W.L. Nicholson, Topographer of P.O. Dept.
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], 1878.

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Additional Authors
  • Jewell, Marshall, 1825-1883.
  • Routt, John Long, 1826-1907.
  • United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Description
1 map on 4 sheets : color; 116 x 154 cm, on sheets 70 x 81 cm or smaller
Alternative Title
  • Map of the states of Kansas and Nebraska
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US075.3.05
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, and discontinued post offices.
  • Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • Includes a table of general statistics.
  • "First edition was issued in 1875."
  • "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Oct 1st 1878."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-978
OCLC
861798543
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, creator.
Title
Post route map of the states of Kansas and Nebraska : with adjacent parts of Missouri, Iowa, Dakota, Colorado, Texas, and Indian Territory : designed and constructedunder the orders of Postmaster General Marshall Jewell and Second Assistant Postmaster General John L. Routt / by W.L. Nicholson, Topographer of P.O. Dept.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], 1878.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:633,600. Ten miles to an inch (W 106°00ʹ--W 93°50ʹ/N 43°10ʹ--N 36°30ʹ).
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 507, column 3, no. 6
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: brittle, and small pieces of map lacking, especially along the folds and edges.
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Jewell, Marshall, 1825-1883.
Routt, John Long, 1826-1907.
United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-978 [Filed under Kansas, 1875]
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