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Map A new map for travellers through the United States of America showing the railways, canals & stage roads, with the distances

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Title

  • A new map for travellers through the United States of America showing the railways, canals & stage roads, with the distances

Names

  • Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin), cartographer.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.
  • Sherman & Smith, publisher.

Created / Published

  • New-York : Published by Sherman & Smith, 1850.

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  Roads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • -  Includes illustrations.
  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by J. Calvin Smith, in the clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York".
  • -  Insets: Railroad & canal routes from Albany to Buffalo -- Map showing the rail roads between the cities of New York, Boston &. Albany & the Hudson R. from N. York to Albany -- Rail road route from New York to Philadelphia --Rail road route from Philadelphia to Washington -- Map of Oregon, Northern California, Santa Fé &c.
  • -  LC copy signed on verso: Millard Fillmore, March 1852.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 52 x 66 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1850 .S61

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588062

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Smith, J. Calvin , Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher Sherman & Smith. A new map for travellers through the United States of America showing the railways, canals & stage roads, with the distances. New-York: Published by Sherman & Smith, 1850. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588062/.

APA citation style:

Smith, J. C., Fillmore, M. & Sherman & Smith, P. (1850) A new map for travellers through the United States of America showing the railways, canals & stage roads, with the distances. New-York: Published by Sherman & Smith. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588062/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, J. Calvin , Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher Sherman & Smith. A new map for travellers through the United States of America showing the railways, canals & stage roads, with the distances. New-York: Published by Sherman & Smith, 1850. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018588062/>.