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Library of Congress1870

Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 1870

General street map showing wards, piers, pier numbers, and streetcar lines. Shows 1-mile radial distance from City Hall. Issued as the summer 1870 no. of "Mackey's shipping indicator" (broadsheet). "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Joseph Mackey, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn (halved) at fold line, annotated in ink in lower margin "Deposited June 15ʺ 1870, no. 877." Includes text, descriptive directory of ship arrivals/departures, and cameo impression of the District Court. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1870

Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections

Map of the southeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. In 1871 the line was in progress of completion. One of Colton's typical maps published for an individual railroad company to promote industry and settlement in rich mining or agricultural areas. (Entry 533)

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Library of Congress1870

Map of South Pacific Rail Road Co. of Missouri

Outline map of Arkansas and parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, finished and projected railroads with names along the lines.

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Library of Congress1869

Map showing the Fredericksburg & Gordonsville Rail Road of Virginia, leading from Fredericksburg, via Orange C.H., to Charlottesville, where it connects with the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. and the extension of the Orange & Alexandra R.R. to Lynchburg

Maps of the middle Atlantic states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads, with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of distances for "Short Cut to Tide-Water..." Chartered March 1, 1853. Name changed in 1876 to the Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmonth Railroad. See entry 541.

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Library of Congress1868

Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authorities" and inset "Territory of Alaska." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Designed to show "milt. post underlined in red," LC copy not colored. Vault AACR2

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Library of Congress1868

Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Annotated on verso: United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. 1868. Millard Fillmore, Nov. 17, 1869. Shows routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authorities" and inset "Territory of Alaska." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Vault AACR2

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Library of Congress1867

Insurance map of Boston. Volume 1

This is the earliest published Sanborn fire insurance map. Orientation varies. Includes index. In manuscript ink on index plate: "Filed Feb. 4, 1868" and "February 1868, no. 856." Index tabs removed. Maps mounted on cloth. Phillips, 14416 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Forms part of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. Conserved; 002504 1978 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda

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WorkPublishedSource identifierSource
Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 187018702005625754loc
Birds eye view of Philadelphia and vicinity showing location of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad187076695313loc
Colton's railroad map (intermediate size) of the United States reduced from "Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States."187098688335loc
Map of the proposed railroad trust companies of Massachusetts and their connections187098688368loc
Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections187098688782loc
Map of South Pacific Rail Road Co. of Missouri187098688807loc
Map showing the Washington and Ohio Rail Road and its connections187098688848loc
Map of the Chicago and Southwestern Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad and their connections186998688623loc
Maps showing the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington & Pekin Railroad and its connections186998688647loc
Map showing the Fredericksburg & Gordonsville Rail Road of Virginia, leading from Fredericksburg, via Orange C.H., to Charlottesville, where it connects with the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R. and the extension of the Orange & Alexandra R.R. to Lynchburg186998688663loc
Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route186876695602loc
Map of the country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. From the latest explorations and surveys to accompany the report of the New York Chamber of Commerce, April 1868186898688438loc
Map showing the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Railway and its connections186898688606loc
Map showing the lines of the Columbus, Chicago, and Indiana Central Railway, and their connections186898688640loc
Map showing the Iowa & Missouri State Line Railroad and its connections186898688685loc
Map showing the line of the Rockford, Rock Island, & Saint Louis R.R. and its connections186898688792loc
Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; originally prepared to accompany the reports of the explorations for a Pacific railroad route1868gm71000836loc
Insurance map of Boston. Volume 118672010593241loc

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