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The illustrated hand-book a new guide for travelers through the United States of America, containing a description of the states, cities, towns, villages, watering places, colleges, etc., etc. : with the railroad, stage and steamboat routes, the distances from place to place, and the fares on the great traveling routes

Title
The illustrated hand-book [electronic resource] : a new guide for travelers through the United States of America, containing a description of the states, cities, towns, villages, watering places, colleges, etc., etc. : with the railroad, stage and steamboat routes, the distances from place to place, and the fares on the great traveling routes / by J. Calvin Smith.
Author
Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
Publication
New York : Sherman & Smith, 1848 [c1846]
Supplementary Content
Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Details

Description
234 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) : ill., fold. col. map; 15 cm.
Alternative Title
Illustrated handbook
Subject
  • Railroads > United States
  • Steamboat lines > United States
  • United States > Guidebooks
  • United States > Maps
Note
  • "Embellished with 125 highly finished engraving, accompanied by a large and accurate map."
  • Includes index.
  • Title-vignette.
  • Publisher's advertising: [2] p. before text.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 82928.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 820327208
  • TGPSM12-B317
Author
Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
Title
The illustrated hand-book [electronic resource] : a new guide for travelers through the United States of America, containing a description of the states, cities, towns, villages, watering places, colleges, etc., etc. : with the railroad, stage and steamboat routes, the distances from place to place, and the fares on the great traveling routes / by J. Calvin Smith.
Imprint
New York : Sherman & Smith, 1848 [c1846] (New Haven, Conn. : Peck & Stafford)
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Travel.
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