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Map Map of the United States, exhibiting post roads & distances : the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio

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Title

  • Map of the United States, exhibiting post roads & distances : the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio

Names

  • Bradley, Abraham, 1767-1838.

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia?] : Abraham Bradley, Junr., [1796]

Headings

  • -  Post roads--Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Post office stations and branches--Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Northeastern States

Genre

  • Road maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  State I of the map, according to Wheat & Brun.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington.
  • -  LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper, with a flap to reveal inscription on the back: No. 132, title page of Abm. Bradley issued Map of United States, deposits 25th Apr. 1796. Fold-lined, with browning along folds. Lightly hand colored.
  • -  Wheat & Brun, 1969, 127
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 43 x 54 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3710 1796 .B7

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017585934

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bradley, Abraham. Map of the United States, exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley, Junr, 1796] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585934/.

APA citation style:

Bradley, A. (1796) Map of the United States, exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley, Junr] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585934/.

MLA citation style:

Bradley, Abraham. Map of the United States, exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley, Junr, 1796] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017585934/>.