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Post route map of the state of Minnesota : with adjacent parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wisconsin and of the British possessions : showing post offices with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st October 1883
- Title
- Post route map of the state of Minnesota : with adjacent parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wisconsin and of the British possessions : showing post offices with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st October 1883 / engraved by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- [Washington, D.C.?] : [Post Office Department, United States of America], 1883.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 16-5460 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map : color; 143 x 104 cm, on sheet 147 x 106 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US109.3.04
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- Also shows railroads, postal routes, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features.
- Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
- Includes table of "Distances computed by the shortest mail routes and from the terminal post offices"
- At head of title: [logo] Post Office Department.
- "Published by order of Postmaster General Walter Q. Gresham under the direction of C. Roeser, Jr., Topographer, P.O. Dept."
- "The first edition was issued in 1876."
- "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Dec. 1, 1883."
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 16-5460
- OCLC
- 70900673
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Post route map of the state of Minnesota : with adjacent parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota, Wisconsin and of the British possessions : showing post offices with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st October 1883 / engraved by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.
- Publisher
- [Washington, D.C.?] : [Post Office Department, United States of America], 1883.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:633,600. Ten miles to the inch (W 97°14ʹ--W 89°29ʹ/N 49°23ʹ--N 42°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. 6, page 529, column 1, no. 2
- Local Note
- NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 61754.
- Source
- US109.3.04
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Gresham, Walter Quintin, 1832-1895.Roeser, C. (Charles)McClelland, D., engraver.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 16-5460