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Library of Congress1866

The camp, the battle field, and the hospital; or, Lights and shadows of the great rebellion. Including adventures of spies and scouts, thrilling incidents, daring exploits, heroic deeds, wonderful escapes, sanitary and hospital scenes, prison scenes,

Published later, 1892, without change of text, by the Star pub. co. of Jersey City, under title: Scouts, spies, and heroes of the great civil war, by Captain Joseph Powers Hazelton [pseud.?] A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

anecdotes↗
Library of Congress1862

Train's Union speeches. "Second series." Delivered in England during the present American war.

From the London American, March 12-July 9, 1862. In double columns. Differs from another edition only in the omission of a part of the text on p.88-89: "Some time ago ... the legation". A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

foreign public opinion↗
Library of Congress1910

Reminiscences of a private,

The two portraits in text are faced by leaf of plate-paper with brief sketch. Also available in digital form.

civil war↗
Library of Congress1875

Military record of Louisiana; including biographical and historical papers relating to the military organizations of the state; a soldier's story of the late war, muster rolls, lists of casualities in the various regiments (so far as now known), cemeteries where buried, company journals, personal narratives of prominent actors, etc.

Three of the portraits are mounted photographs. Another issue has 54 pages in second group of paging. Pages 141 and 142 omitted in paging; text and register continuous. Advertisements: [8] p. at end. Also available in digital form.

united states↗
Library of Congress1879

Taunton's citizens' and travelers' rapid transit map and time table of the Metropolitan and New York elevated railways : showing, on a new plan, the railways with up and down-town tracks ... ferries, etc., etc

Covers Manhattan south of 62nd Street. Also shows streetcar lines, trunk railroads, ferries, and piers. Title from panel. "Published Feb. 18, 1879, First Edition, 50,000." Includes notes and inset showing stations north of 59th Street. Text, station directory, table of running times, and advertisements on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

new york↗
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.

new jersey↗
Library of Congress1870

Hitchcock's second plan--homes for the people at West Flushing : [Corona, Queens County, Long Island, N.Y.]

Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, sold/unsold lots, railroad line, and extant buildings. Imperfect: Wrinkled, fold-lined, torn at edges, annotated in lead pencil/blue pencil. Includes promotional text, location map (inset), and railroad timetable. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no.: 2005-168

new york↗
Library of Congress1881

Map showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connections : north, south, east, and west

Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and shipping routes. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, rubber-stamped, annotated in pencil, missing sections at sheet corners. Includes text and statistical data. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies

middle atlantic states↗
Library of Congress1868

Map of location 11th hundred miles U.P.R.R. : [Utah]

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the path of the Union Pacific Railroad in the Great Salt Lake region from the Weber River in the east to the Great Salt Lake in the west. Pen-and-ink, colored ink, and watercolor on tracing linen. Includes illustrations and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

great salt lake region↗
Library of Congress1855

A map of Schuylkill County, Penna

General-content map showing townships, railroads, buildings in rural areas, and householders' names in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by P.W. Sheafer in ... the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna." Includes text (statistics), highway distance table, statistical table, table of post-office names, table of railroad distances, and table of telegraph line data. LC Land ownership maps, 791 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

pennsylvania↗
Library of Congress1883

Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th

Relief shown by contours. Cadastral map, showing names of landowners. "Adopted as the official map by the Board of County Commissioners, verified, James L. White, County Surveyor." Includes text, section diagram, ill., and advertisements. In lower left corner: 795. Copy imperfect: Torn along vertical fold line, losses along entire lower edge, and mounted on cloth backing. Adhesive sticker affixed to verso. LC Land ownership maps, 78 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

marion county↗
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.

pennsylvania↗
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

china↗