Map
Map showing the location of railroads, canals, navigation projects and public institutions in which the Commonwealth of Virginia had invested money as of date January 1st. 1861 : as traced from an official map in the possession of the Virginia State Library entittled [sic] "A map of the State of Virginia reduced from the Nine Sheet Map of the State in conformity to law by Herman Boye, 1828, corrected by order of the Executive 1859 by L.v. Buckholtz" : together with the division line later established between Virginia and West Virginia and additional extensions made from completion of map until January 1st, 1861.

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