Map Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

Names

  • Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893.

Created / Published

  • New York : J.H. Colton, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Railroads.--United States--Maps.--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton."
  • -  "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green).
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Insets: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean -- Southern part of Florida.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  March 1962, C.R. Sanders, df; Oct. 2003, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00162.
  • -  Conservation: restored May 1965; Etherington Conservation Center, Oct. 2003.
  • -  Digital image available: 40 x 30 in.
  • -  Map accession no. 1983 (1964).
  • -  Previously filed as: 730 .R15 1862.

Medium

  • 1 map : col., mounted on paper ; 79 x 93 cm. on sheet 87 x 103 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1862 .C64

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Colton, J. H. Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c. New York: J.H. Colton, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000162/.

APA citation style:

Colton, J. H. (1862) Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c. New York: J.H. Colton. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000162/.

MLA citation style:

Colton, J. H. Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c. New York: J.H. Colton, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000162/>.