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Source Description
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton.
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Document identity
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kk91fs16q
label
Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
kk91fs16q
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c
description
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton.
date
["1862"]
year
1862
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007417
creators
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
J.H. Colton
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 85 x 99 cm.
notes
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton.
"Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green).
Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm.
Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso.
Description derived from published bibliography.
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no
dcId
kk91fs16q
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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757cb9dad4c74897