Map The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America


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Title
The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America
Contributor Names
Burr, David H., 1803-1875.
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873.
Created / Published
[London?] : John Arrowsmith, [1839]
Contents
United States & part of the adjacent countries -- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut -- New York -- New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- Virginia, Maryland and Delaware -- North & South Carolina -- Georgia and Alabama -- Florida -- Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas -- Ohio and Indiana -- Kentucky and Tennessee -- Illinois and Missouri -- Michigan and part of Wisconsin Territory.
Subject Headings
-  United States--Maps
-  Postal service--United States--Maps
-  Post roads--United States--Maps
-  Railroads--United States--Maps
-  United States
Notes
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Title from title sheet.
-  "Entered according to the act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
-  Phillips, 4525
-  Map of the United States of North America LC Railroad maps, 6
-  Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware LC Railroad maps, 70
-  Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut LC Railroad maps, 98
-  Map of Mississippi, Louisiana & Arkansas LC Railroad maps, 134
-  Map of Georgia & Alabama LC Railroad maps, 200
-  Map of Kentucky & Tennessee LC Railroad maps, 224
-  Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania LC Railroad maps, 255
-  Map of New York LC Railroad maps, 259
-  Map of North and South Carolina LC Railroad maps, 273
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Map of the United States of North America Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-November 29, 2003.
-  Includes notes.
-  Advertisement (28 x 21 cm.) regarding sales and ordering pasted on inside of portfolio.
Medium
1 loose-leaf atlas (13 maps) : hand col., mounted on cloth ; maps 130 x 130 cm. or smaller, folded in case 50 x 33 x 7 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1200 .B9 1839
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700m.gct00185
Library of Congress Control Number
2009582191
Online Format
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Chicago citation style:

Burr, David H, and John Arrowsmith. The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/.

APA citation style:

Burr, D. H. & Arrowsmith, J. (1839) The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/.

MLA citation style:

Burr, David H, and John Arrowsmith. The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/>.

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