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At head of title: Survey of routes from the valley of the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:370,000. LC Railroad maps, 147 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
At head of title: Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:950,400. LC Railroad maps, 171 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
On tracing cloth, with roads in red, rivers in blue, and railroads, villages, churches, houses, and names of residents in black, and some annotations and emendments in pencil. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 536.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Map overprinted in red to show railroads by number. Index to chief cities in left margin.
Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads.
Map of part of Virginia showing relief by form lines, drainage, mills, property owners names, towns, roads, and the railroad line, with distances in red.
Relief shown by hachures. General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and sourthern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, and rivers. Map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. A table of distances by railroads appears below the title. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 481.7 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Shows in detail the entire railroad network in red, coded by number to list.
General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 493.6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. Printed in blue are concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 509.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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.
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.
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.
"The red line indicates the route of the Railroad. The green line is the route followed by Col. Fremont from the South Pass to Humboldt River."
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The Old Friend And the best friend that never fails you is Simmons Liver Regu lator the Red Zthats what you hear at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do It is the King of Liver Medi cines is better than pills and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel It acts directly on the Liver Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem This is the medicine you want Sold by all Druggists in Liquid or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea sEVERY PACRKAS Has the Z Stamp in red on wrap r J H ZEIL1SI i 00E Piiaddp ja FOR SALE One hundred and sixtyfive are pents of land just below Perrys Bridge having a front of 5 urpents on the Verimilion river by a depth of 31 arpen ts This property is intersected by the public road leading directly to Perry and Abbeville has several beautiful building sites is finely wooded and will make a rich sugar farm It is partly improved having conEiderable feucing upon it a dwelling house and other buildings Terms Cash or time
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.