Map Map of the United States : exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers Bradley's map of the United States :


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Title
Map of the United States : exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers
Other Title
Bradley's map of the United States :
Contributor Names
Bradley, Abraham.
Caldcleugh and Thomas.
Created / Published
Philadelphia : Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, [1804]
Subject Headings
-  United States--Maps
-  Counties--United States--Maps
-  Post roads--United States--Maps
-  North America--Maps
-  United States
-  North America
Notes
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  Also shows townships in parts of Maine, New York, and Indiana Territory. Illinois (not named) is shown as part of Indiana Territory.
-  Slipcase title and publisher's statement from printed labels affixed to slipcase.
-  Earliest state of the 5th ed.
-  Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
-  "Entered according to the Act of Congress the 2nd day of June 1804 by Abraham Bradley Jun'r of the District of Columbia."
-  Sectioned (to 36 panels) and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 23 x 17 cm.
-  Imperfect: Lightly foxed, worm-holed in margin, slip-case flattened.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Includes notes in map area and inset "Map of North America" (scale ca. 1:17,000,000).
-  Acquisitions control no.: 2002-50
Medium
1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 98 x 132 cm., folded in slipcase 24 x 18 x 3 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3700 1804 .B7
G3700 1804 .B7 Copy 2 Darkened, brittle, creased, with losses in margins. Sectioned in two and mounted on cloth, sheets 99 x 68 cm. Inset "Map of North America" shows the states and territories of the U.S. by hand drawn borders and hand coloring.
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.ct002344
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.ct004553
Library of Congress Control Number
2003630384
Online Format
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2003630384
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Chicago citation style:

Bradley, Abraham, and Caldcleugh And Thomas. Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, 1804] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/.

APA citation style:

Bradley, A. & Caldcleugh And Thomas. (1804) Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/.

MLA citation style:

Bradley, Abraham, and Caldcleugh And Thomas. Map of the United States: exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connexions & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties & principal rivers. [Philadelphia: Made and sold by Caldcleugh and Thomas, 1804] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003630384/>.

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