Civil War manuscripts : a guide to collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC aaa 2019-05-09 update (1 card)
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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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Northern Mississippi and Alabama
General map indicating cities and towns, roads and railroads, rivers, and some relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to show state names and highlight state boundaries and railroads. Another copy is in the James A. Garfield papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., series 8, container no. 1. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 259.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Russell Co., Va
vcFY24 Shows districts, creeks and rivers, railroads, and mountains. Relief shown by hachures. Title from verso. North oriented towards the upper left. Red and black pen-and-ink, and blue and red marker on tracing linen. Three census office stamps dated 1899 on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Profile, Royal Land Co. R.R.
Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed out. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Plans showing deed and old location lines of the Western Railroad in the county of Worcester and state of Mass
"Compiled from locations filed in 1837-8 at the office of the county clerk, Worcester, Mass. from original deeds and plans on file at the Boston & Albany Railroad Engineer's Office. Green Lines compiled from grade crossing and other plans. Note: in 1867 the Western R.R. Corp. and the Boston & Worcester R.R. Corp. were consolidated to form the Boston & Albany R.R. Co." Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-023
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P.O. map Jackson County, Ohio
Shows townships, towns, Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad lines, roads, and post offices in Jackson County, Ohio. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper. Names of post offices are pasted onto the map. Some roads and railroads highlighted in yellow watercolor. Includes pencil and red ink annotations of town names in a different hand. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. vcFY24
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[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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Map and profile of part of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad situated in Massachusetts
Relief shown by shading and hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Drawn in 2 sections. Orientation of sections differs. Includes 2 vertical profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
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District of Columbia
Shows railroads in metropolitan area. India ink on tracing paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cardboard. DCP Vault
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Part of map of Washington City D.C. showing the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as originally constructed and as it now exists : also showing tracks along which the company might have built the road ... and the proposed paving of East Second Street by the corporation of Washington
Covers area bounded by A Street N.E./N.W., 3rd Street N.W., Florida Avenue, and 12th Street N.E. Also shows block numbers and elevations of block corners. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Brittle, lacking sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes note and track profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP
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Bissell's railway junction point map of Texas
Shows different railroads indicating various colored markings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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[Railroad map of Africa]
Cloth map. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. In lower left corner: "The Wells Missionary Map Co., 3612 Prairie Avenue, Chicago." Pen-and-ink, pencil, crayon, and watercolor; place names mechanically printed in black ink. In upper right corner: "III." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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[Map of eastern Virginia and parts of Maryland and northern North Carolina showing railroads and principal cities and towns]
Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In pencil mounted on cloth. Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G3880 186- .M32 Vault. Imperfect: Losses along fold lines and discoloration throughout. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.55 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Gift; Mrs. Carroll Greenough; Nov. 6, 1943.
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Maps showing the location of the Boston & Worcester Rail Road : copied from the maps in the offices of the clerks of the county commissioners in the several counties
Shows portions of Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex, and Worcester counties. Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-022
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Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad : from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte
A proposed railroad route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Also shows alternative routes, roads, streams, and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and by contours and spot heights. Manuscript: Pencil, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolors. Handwritten note attached on looseleaf paper In top left corner: Tehuantepec Railway Company. Map of the Tehuantepec Railroad from Jaltipec river to Boca del Monte, 1851. [anon. Ms.] fold. 35 x 139, [n.p. 1851]. Accompanied by six manuscript sheets of an unidentified sketch map of a segment related to the railroad showing a large stream containing what appear to be soundings. Sketch map contains information relevant to the river portion of the proposed combined rail-water route across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, filed separately G4412.T2 Imperfect: Fragile, discoloration, staining, and torn at sheet edges. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 544 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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[Sketch map of the Tehuantepec Railroad]
An unidentified sketch map of a segment related to the railroad showing a large stream. Sketch map contains information relevant to the river portion of the proposed combined rail-water route across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. Relief shown pictorially. Title devised by cataloger from the LUSO-Hispanic World in Maps. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (black and red) with pencil annotations on 6 sheets cut into irregular triangle and rectangle shapes on paper. Accompanies the Map of the Techuantepec Rail Road, 1851: G4412.T42 1851 .T4. Imperfect: Fragile, fold-lined, cracked, holes and staining throughout. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 544 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Map of routes & distances to the Virginia springs
vcFY24 Shows stage routes, canal routes, and railroads completed and in progress. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink. In upper left corner: From Morman's Mineral Waters of the United States and Canada, 1867. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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