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Library of Congress1858

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes "Authorities." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-Nov. 29, 2003. LC copy annotated in color and black ink to show boundaries, place names, base lines, proposed Indian reservations and Indian land cessions. Vault AACR2

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Library of Congress1884

How the public domain has been squandered, map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican Congresses to railroad corporations

On sheet below map "We believe that the public lands ought, as far as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual settlers; that all unearned lands heretofore improvidently granted to railroad corporations by the action of the Republican party should be restored to the public domain; and that no more grants of land shall be made to corporations, or be allowed to fall into the ownership of alien absentees. Democratic platform, 1884." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Conserved; 003273.103 1977 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda Exhibition: Maps for an Emerging Nation: Commercial Cartography in Nineteenth-century America, Aug. 8-Oct. 20, 1977 .

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Library of Congress1863

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their stations & distances, also the counties, towns, villages, harbors, rivers, and forts

"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." Text printed on verso entitled "Lloyd's military map and gazetteer of the southern states" c1861). 1861 editions listed as Civil War Maps entry nos. 14.2-14.3 and 1862 edition as Civil War Maps entry no. 29. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 41.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1862

Rail road map of the southern states shewing the southern & southwestern railway connections with Philadelphia

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm. Map depicts rail lines, roads, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and rivers. 1863 edition published by Willis. P. Hazard is listed as Civil War Maps entry no. 44. Geography and Map Division also has an uncolored issue with annotations made by the Topographer, U. S. Post Office Department. Another uncolored copy, in covers, is in the Samuel P. Heintzelman papers, Manuscript Division, LC, container no. 11. Cover title: Map of the southern states. Map is in 29 parts, 16 x 12 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 31.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1880

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Found also in the House Miscellaneous documents of the 52d to the 56th Congress. Each number has special index. Inserted in each volume: Additions and corrections ... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902. Series 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include "Alternate designations of organizations mentioned." Vol. 54-55 of series 1 [serial no. 112-113] "have not been published, and no material for them is in hand." cf. General index, p. xi. Series 2, v. 1 [serial no. 114] with imprint 1894, was not issued until 1898. Edited in the War Records Office, 1880-July 1899; in the Record and Pension Office, July 1899-1901. Robert N. Scott compiled and edited v. 1-18, 1880-87, and also collected the greater part of the material for v. 19-36, 1887-91. After his death in 1887 the work was continued by Henry M. Lazelle, 1887-89, and by a board of publication, 1889-99, consisting of George B. Davis, 1889-97, Leslie J. Perry, 1889-99, Joseph W. Kirkley, 1889-99, and Fred C. Ainsworth, 1898-99; from 1899-1901 edited by Fred C. Ainsworth and Joesph W. Kirkley. Supplemented by: "Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under te direction of the ... secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis ... Mr. Leslie J. Perry ... Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley ... board of publicaton. Comp. by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles ..." (3 v. CLXXV (i.e. 178) fold. pl. (incl. illus., maps, plans) 48 x 40 cm.) published: Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1891-95. CALL NUMBER: G1201.S5U6 1891. Plates part colored. Issued in 37 parts. Assigned no. 261 of House Miscellaneous documents, v. 40, 52d Cong., 1st sess. (serial no. 2998). Documnet number does not appear i this copy; in other copies it appears in binder's title but not on t.-p. Inserted: ... Additions and corrections ... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902. 2 p. 23 cm. CONTENTS: pl. 1-135c. Military operations inthe field.--pl. 136-161. General topographical map.--pl. 161-171. Military divisions and departments.--pl. 172-175. Miscellaneous. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 99 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1863

General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro soldiers

"An edition of 10,000 copies of this pamphlet having been placed at the disposal of the United States Sanitary Commission, the agents of the Commission are earnestly requested to give it circulation throughout the Army and Navy." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy 1 replaced by microfilm. LAC scc 2020-03-02 no edits (1 card)

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Library of Congress1873

Railroad map of the state of Texas

971302 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Edward Vernon in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies

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Library of Congress1863

The royal ape: a dramatic poem

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Attributed to W.R. Smith by Anne Easby-Smith in her William Russell Smith of Alabama, his life and works, p. 148 and 292; also by Owen, Bib. of Ala., and Hist. of Ala., v.4, p. 1598; Sabin, Bib. Amer., v. 21, 84892. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 3231 LAC tnb 2020-10-08 no edits (1 card) LAC aaa 2019-05-16 no edits (1 card) LAC ecr 2020-10-13 review

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Library of Congress1895

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

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Library of Congress1860

The immediate agencies by which the southern states were precipitated into secession

Caption title. "Intended as chapter II of a contemplated work, 'The campaigns of the great American war, to suppress the slaveholders' rebellion' (of which chapter I was published at pages 75 to 90, Gen. De Peyster's address) to have been written conjointly by Brev. Maj.-Gen. J. Watts De Peyster and Joseph B. Lyman, Esq."--P. [1]. Probable date of publication inferred from text. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 1662[...]. Source: Source unknown.

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Library of Congress1835

[Manuscript map of Ohio and Kentucky showing planned turnpikes and existing roads, canals, and railroads]

vcFY24 Pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper. Mounted on cloth. Title supplied by cataloger. Shows a canal, roads, turnpikes (complete, under construction, and proposed), railroad, seats of government, and seats of justice in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Date presumed to be between 1832-1835 based on the inclusion of a railroad between Frankfort and Lexington, Kentucky. Beneath legend: This plat, believed to be correctly extracted from the last edition of Hough & Bourne's map of the state of Ohio, and Munsel's map of the state of Kentucky, is respectfully forwarded to the Senators in Congress from Kentucky & Ohio by their obt. hble. sevt. John Wagner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1857

[Lands belonging to the Panama Railroad Company : Panama City]

Cadastral map showing landowners. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated in pencil, on verso, with Canal Zone Library map checklist number: 161. Vault

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Library of Congress1873

Map of the city of Washington : premium map for subscribers to the Real estate directory of Washington City published by E.F.M. Faehtz and Fred. W. Pratt : and containing buildings, railroads, sewers, watermains, fire plugs, etc

Cadastral topographic map showing lot and block numbers, "houses," and "shanties." Relief shown by contours. "Up to January 1st, 1874." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by J. Enthoffer ... at Washington." Includes "Table showing the width of streets [and] avenues." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy 1 fold-lined, torn, and trimmed. LC copy 2 shellacked and halved. 2 copies DCP

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