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Map Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas : showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r.r. stations & other internal improvements.

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Title

  • Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas : showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r.r. stations & other internal improvements.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • New York : Published by J.H. Colton, 1861.

Headings

  • -  Southern States--Maps
  • -  United States--Southern States

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by spot heights and hachures.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes inset of southern Florida, text, and statistical tables based on "United States census for 1860."
  • -  Copy imperfect: Brittle, stained, darkened, missing pieces along edges, sheet glued to lower left corner that shows southward extension of Texas coast, cut into 3 sections, backed by cloth.
  • -  Copy annotated with numbers in red and dashes in blue to indicate "limits of freshwater in the rivers" as derived from compilation of communications of U.S. Coast Survey in June 1861.
  • -  CW3

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 89 x 130 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3860 1861 .C59

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009579197

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Colton, J. H. Colton's map of the southern states: including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas: showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r.r. stations & other internal improvements. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1861. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579197/.

APA citation style:

Colton, J. H. (1861) Colton's map of the southern states: including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas: showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r.r. stations & other internal improvements. New York: Published by J.H. Colton. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009579197/.

MLA citation style:

Colton, J. H. Colton's map of the southern states: including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas: showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r.r. stations & other internal improvements. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1861. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009579197/>.