[Outline map of the United States showing proposed railroad routes to the Pacific]
For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193.
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For a similar map see Carl I. Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West, v. 3 (San Francisco, Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957-63.) p. 193.
Detailed map showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, canals and railroads.
Detailed township and county map showing place names and some indication of drainage and relief.
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
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Railroads corrected June 5th 1873." This printing of the map includes the extension showing a portion of Canada compiled and drawn in 1871. Shows routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes list of "Authorities" and inset "Territory of Alaska." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Designed to show "Milt. posts underlined in red color." LC copy not colored. Vault AACR2
Township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad system with names. A table of railroads by system is in the lower right of map.
Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, important cities, the existing railroads, turnpike roads, canals, and the projected railroads; a statement below the title explains the feasibility of the extension; ink and pencil annotations indicate other connecting lines and several cities.
Detailed map of the north-central states framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, state, county, and township boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, railroads, and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]
Low-angle bird's-eye view. "Supplement to the Providence Sunday Journal, Feb. 3, 1895." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. PM3
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Includes list of "Geographical statistic's," distance list, and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 20-83
Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, and railroads in Kansas, from Kansas City to Lawrence.
Sketch map showing the area between Philadelphia and Baltimore indicating drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Consolidated February 5, 1838.
Shows drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries.
"Aug. 1849." Relief shown by hachures. Includes statistical data and gradient profile. Scale 1:60,000; 5,000 ft. to the in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 650/2; 710
Map of the northeastern and north-central United States indicating major drainage, larger cities, state boundaries, and the railroad network. Chartered April 2, 1852.
Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude from Washington. Includes population statistics and ill. Scale ca. 1:550,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
Detailed township map of the north-central states indicating drainage, cities and towns, townships, county boundaries, the road and railroad networks, and in blue overprint the connections with the Iowa Central line.
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