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Mississippi delta area shows drainage, sugar crop, parishes, major cities and towns, canals, and railroads with lines named and distances on the main line. This railroad was opened for first 50 miles on March 6, 1854. It was purchased in 1878 by the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad. [From published bibliography]
Shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, and the railroad network in colored lines.
Covers Lancaster city region (S.E. Pennsylvania).
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns. Railroads are distinguished by color and name.
Detailed township map showing drainage, cities and towns, county and township boundaries, roads, and railroads.
Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography]
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm. Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.