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Map General diagram : [western Philadelphia city and adjacent portions of Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania].

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Title

  • General diagram : [western Philadelphia city and adjacent portions of Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania].

Names

  • United States Coast Survey.
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.

Created / Published

  • [1863]

Headings

  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Defenses--Planning--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Suburban Area--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Suburban Area

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Topographic maps

Notes

  • -  Topographic map showing proposed and existing Civil-War batteries and defensive positions immediately west of Philadelphia.
  • -  Relief shown by contours and hachures.
  • -  Title from southern sheet.
  • -  Partial tracing of the 1863 ms. topographic map showing 1st- and 2nd-class fortifications at Philadelphia (CW 358.22).
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), and watercolors.
  • -  Drawn in 2 segments (sheets): [Northern] -- [Southern].
  • -  "No. 2866" [north sheet] and "No. 2867" [south sheet] (former Coast Survey numbers) handwritten in ink at lower right corner of each sheet; annotated adhesive labels affixed to sheets to the right of both handwritten numbers: 854W 1863?
  • -  Sheets imperfect: Fold-lined.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 358.2
  • -  Accompanied by 11 ms. local-area maps on tracing linen showing additional details: [1. Fairmount Park vicinity, Philadelphia] -- [2. Paschall subdivision, Philadelphia] (2 copies) -- [3. Haddington subdivision, Haverford Road, Philadelphia] -- [4. Haddington subdivision, Hunter's Lane, Philadelphia] (2 copies) -- [5. West Philadelphia] (signed "R.M. Bache" in pencil at lower left corner) -- [6. Darby, Delaware County] (2 copies) -- [7. Upper Darby, Delaware County] (2 copies).
  • -  Both principal sheets include pen-and-ink bar "Scale of miles".

Medium

  • 1 ms. map on 2 sheets : col., tracing linen ; sheets 143 x 273 cm. and 129 x 189 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3824.P5S5 1863 .U51

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009584420

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

United States Coast Survey, and A. D Bache. General diagram: western Philadelphia city and adjacent portions of Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. [1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009584420/.

APA citation style:

United States Coast Survey & Bache, A. D. (1863) General diagram: western Philadelphia city and adjacent portions of Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009584420/.

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United States Coast Survey, and A. D Bache. General diagram: western Philadelphia city and adjacent portions of Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. [1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009584420/>.