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Relief shown by hachures. Title supplied by cataloger. Black and red pen-and-ink and pencil. "Withdrawn for transfer to the War Department as a gift from Hon. A. B. Wagner, April 27, 1914." In two pieces. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. vcFY24
"May 1st 1848." Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 2 elevation profiles. Scale ca. 1:180,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 610/1; 650/3
Most of title and several small unimportant sections of the map are missing. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:360,000. LC Railroad maps, 407 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selected by the U.S. for the "Western Armory," and the probable future site for the seat of government of the United States or Western District of Columbia. Chartered January 9, 1852.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848. From Doggett's Railroad Guide, New York, (1848), p. 56. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 75 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. "Published in the statistical edition of the Galveston news, September 1st, 1883." Includes tables showing "Railroad construction in the United States" and "Railroad towns in Texas having a population of 1,000 and over". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Lc copy imperfect: Holes and torn along fold lines.
LC copy imperfect, lower right quarter of map missing. LC also has 1853 and 1854 editions. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:570,240. LC Railroad maps, 107 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Signed in ms: "Millard Fillmore 1862." Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 29 LC Railroad maps, 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Title and publication date Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.56 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude from Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853 by J.H. Colton & Co. ... " Includes population statistics. Scale ca. 1:550,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 650/1; 651/2
Shows passenger rail lines and principal place-names in red overprint. Also shows minor civil divisions (cities and townships). LC copy imperfect: Original sheet halved. Includes small ill. of sailing ship. "14604." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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
Shows river valleys, indicates cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network by distinguishing colors. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865 by G.W. & C.B. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2006-15
vcFY24 Relief shown by hachures. Covers Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and northern Virginia from the Allegheny Mountains to the Atlantic coast. Shows towns, rivers, and state boundary lines. Title supplied by cataloger. Pencil tracing. Mounted on cloth with annotations made in pencil on verso. B.O. R.R. ends at Harpers Ferry, Va. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Carroll Treenough Nov. 6, 1943
From Harper's weekly, v. 8, May 21, 1864. p. 332. "Map of Virginia, showing the military operations of Generals Grant and Butler" is on the verso. 36 x 24 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:52,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 640.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Shows existing lines, lines with second track planned/newly in service, new lines built/nearing completion, electrified lines, and lines being electrified. Does not cover USSR east of Novosibirsk/Alma-Ata. Includes notes and 4 regional insets "10763." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
On verso: Lloyd's American railroad weekly, vol. 2, no. 8, October 5, 1861. Includes an adverstisement in the upper right corner for "Lloyd's great military map of the fifteen southern states" and advertisements below the map title for " Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.1 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, section lines and numbers, land ownership, landowners' names, school houses, roads, railroads, etc. "Copyright 1900 by E. Frank Peterson." LC copy annotated in blue and red pencil. Stamped on: 20411. LC Land ownership maps, 864 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.