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Library of Congress1861

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York

Covers New York State and parts of adjacent states/provinces. Also shows canals. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored in red to emphasize railroads in service/abuilding/proposed and in blue to emphasize state lines. LC copy imperfect: Sectioned to 20 panels to enable folding, mounted on cloth backing, hemmed at edges with pink fabric. Signed in ink script at upper right: Millard Fillmore 1861; and on verso on cloth backing: No. 107. Millard Fillmore. May 15, 1861. Paper label with inked script attached to verso: New York rail roads 1861. No. 107. LC Railroad maps, 265 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1860

Territory and military department of Utah

Relief shown by shading. Shows towns, wagon roads, explorers' routes, railroads, forts, etc., in Utah and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Washington Territory (now part of Southern Idaho), Oregon, Nevada and California. "Engraved by W.H. Dougal." "Corrections and additions in reference to railroads in California, etc., were made in January, 1862 ..." Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes note and list of authorities. Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore May 15, 1861. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1917

Military map of the United States of America : showing location of all forces in training

Relief shown by hachures. Includes text. Includes "Allentown" in Pennsylvania and "Camp Joseph E. Johnston" in Florida. To the right of the copyright statement: 8-1'-17. In lower right corner: 5095. In lower left corner within text box: 595. Historical text, illustrations (some color), lists of camps, stations, and barracks, and publisher's list on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1855

New York and Erie Railroad diagram representing a plan of organization : exhibiting the division of academic duties and showing the number and class of employés engaged in each department : from the returns of September 1855

Company organizational diagrammatic map drawn in the form of a branching tree that identifies in its branches all of the functional offices of the railroad by name. Shows railroad trackage branches as straight lines radiating from the central office of the "Gen'l Sup't". The branches extend from New York (State) westward thru northern New Jersey and northern Pennsylvania to Lake Erie. "Published by permission." LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, brittle, fold-lined, torn, missing sections along the margins. LC copy annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: 18[4?]. Deposited in Clerk's Office So. Dist. N.Y. May 30,1856. Includes text, note, legend of symbols, and statistical table of "Number of offices and employés classed". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress2004

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

Aerial view of cable-railroad route drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO:2013--378-781/30004. Reprint 2004." Relief shown by shading. Title from panel. Includes text, index of cable inclines, view of summit sheds, and color illustrations. Text, small map of site, and color illustrations on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1875

Map showing proposed routes of the Richmond and Southwest Railway

Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' On verso: Hotchkiss' Geography of Virginia, No. 3, Geological section by Profs. W.B & H.D. Rogers (1842). Horizontal scale 2.5 miles to 1 inch, 6 illustrations, and red & white sticker: 138. Stamped in lower left margin: 99A. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1875

Map showing proposed routes of the Richmond and Southwest Railway

Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' In pencil on verso: Geological, Va. ... [illegible] and red & white sticker: 138. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1856

Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe (Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and adjacent regions). The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in distinctive border coloration. Title from map-content area (recto). When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 24 panels. Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on paper label affixed to cloth backing (verso): German post and rail in 1856, Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC accession rubber-stamp in map-content area (top recto), lead-pencil annotations on cloth backing (verso). Includes notes, indexed table titled "Statistische Uebersicht der 38 deutschen Bundesstaaten", railroad distance table, waterways distance table, and key to abbreviations. Five paper panels with statistical tables, panel with spa/health-resort locations, panel with 6 trans-Alpine road profiles, and cover panel affixed to cloth backing (verso). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress1855

Carl Jügel's Post u. Reise Karte von Deutschland : und den Nachbar Staaten, bis London, Paris, Montpellier, Florenz, Warschau, Kopenhagen

Relief shown by hachures. Unidentified prime meridian. Includes illustrations and inset "Routenkarte von Europa". LC copy annotated to show "M. Fillmore's route Sep. & Oct 1855". Each sheet sectioned into 9 and mounted on cloth, folding to 20 x 14 cm. Signed on sheet 1 on verso above title label: Millard Fillmore bot. at Frankfort $2.25, Sept. 3 1855. In addition to the title label and two panels from the cover, two pages of publisher's advertisements are pasted on verso of page 2. Legend in French pasted on verso of page 3. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In German. French legend and parallel title.

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Library of Congress1856

Carl Jügel's Post u. Reise Karte von Deutschland : und den Nachbar Staaten, bis London, Paris, Montpellier, Florenz, Warschau, Kopenhagen

Relief shown by hachures. Unidentified prime meridian. Publication and edition information from cover. Includes illustrations and inset "Routenkarte von Europa". LC copy sectioned into 48 and mounted on cloth, folding to 21 x 14 cm. Signed on French cover on verso: Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. Signed above French legend on verso: Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. Signed on manuscript label on verso: Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. In addition to the printed title label, manuscript title label, French legend and list of postal rates, and the two panels from the cover, two pages of publisher's advertisements are pasted on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In German. French legend, parallel title, and list of postal rates.

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Library of Congress1855

Übersichts-Karte der Eisenbahnen und der bedeutenderen Post- und Dampfschiff-Verbindungen in Deutschland : und den angrenzenden Ländern

Unidentified prime meridian. Includes list of units of measurement per one degree at the Equator. LC copy sectioned into 8 and mounted on cloth, folding to 20 x 12 cm. Signed on verso in upper right: Millard Fillmore 1856. Mounting effaces map on verso, which seems to be a map of middle Europe. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1903

Karta Manʹchzhurīi

Railroad map of Manchuria with the Chinese Eastern Railway emphasized Relief shown by shading Title from head of legend LC sheet use-worn, torn at fold lines. Includes illustrations (1 in color) Text, notes, and train timetables on verso Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Grant Harris; July 1995. In Russian

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Library of Congress1891

Rand McNally & Co.'s Wyoming

Relief shown by hachures. Shows extent of township and range survey. "Copyright, 1891, by Rand McNally & Co." In upper margins: 299-300. LC copies 1 and 2 encapsulated in mylar. Includes reference notes for immediate neighboring states. "Wyoming--Railroads" and indexes to "Wyoming--counties, lakes, rivers, and towns" on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1890

Map of Montana : population (estimated 1890) 130,000. 145,310 square miles

Relief shown by hachures. Shows county boundaries, towns, cities, railroads, and immediately adjacent areas of neighboring states. "Copyright, 1890, by Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick." "Benedict & Co., Engr's Chicago." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. In left margin: 44. Missing section at bottom and mounted on paper backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1851

A map of the medical topography of Baltimore, 1851

Relief shown by hachures. Shows locations of doctors, "regions of intermittent & remittent fever", line of quarantine, and railroads and roads. Includes illustration of paddle boat. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1830

Depot of the B. & O. R.R. Co

Shows the Baltimore depot on Pratt Street, which was built in 1830. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1844

Plan of Baltimore

Depths shown by soundings. Shows wards and railroads. Includes notes and index to points of interest. LC copy annotated in red pencil, probably showing additional railroad lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1838

[Isthmus of Panama, no. 41-16]

Covers the Isthmus of Panama from Panama City and Chorera on the Pacific Coast to Chagres and Portobelo Harbor on the Caribbean Coast. Also shows rivers, streams, settlements, an existing rail line, a proposed rail line to Panama City, a proposed canal, roads, a trail, coastline, coastal features, and anchorages. Title written in ink from verso. Pencil, pen-and-ink and wash. On verso at top in script and black ink: To: J.B. Feraud, esq. On verso in ink in bottom right corner: No.17 Coll. of Major DB Douglass, abt. 1838. Imperfect: Brittle, crack-lined, darkened, water-stained, holes throughout with minor losses, gold stitched along edges, and mounted on cloth. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 645 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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