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Post route map of the State of New York : and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, showing also the adjacent portions of the Dominion of Canada
- Title
- Post route map of the State of New York : and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, showing also the adjacent portions of the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Asst. Postmaster General Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1868.
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Publication
- [Washington] : Post Office Department, [1875?]
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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. 16-5777 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored; 134 x 152 cm, sheets 75 x 85 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US145.2.01
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Thematic maps.
- Maps.
- Note
- Shows post offices, routes, distances, canals, and railroads.
- In lower margin: drawn by Paul Goepel; engraved by D. McClelland.
- Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
- "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Feb. 1, 1875."
- At head of title: [seal of Post Office Department, United States of America].
- Insets: Postal service of Long Island with the principal mail connections of the city of New York, Scale [1:380,160] -- [Parts of the provinces of Québec and Ontario bordering New York and Vermont].
- Includes tables: General statistics -- Distances.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 16-5777
- OCLC
- 927633136
- Author
- United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
- Title
- Post route map of the State of New York : and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, showing also the adjacent portions of the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Asst. Postmaster General Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1868.
- Publisher
- [Washington] : Post Office Department, [1875?]
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:380,160. Six miles to the inch (W 80°10ʹ--W 73°00ʹ/N 45°00ʹ--N 40°26ʹ).
- 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. 7, page 163, column 1, row 7
- Source
- US145.2.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States District of Columbia Washington.
- Added Author
- Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, cartographer.Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872.McLellan, George William, 1804 or 1805-1877.Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913, draftsman.McClelland, D., engraver.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 16-5777 [4 sheets]