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Shows counties, railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, and discontinued post offices.

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Document identity
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cj82kj790
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Post route map of the State of Maine showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of October 1891
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
cj82kj790
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Post route map of the State of Maine showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of October 1891
description
Shows counties, railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, and discontinued post offices.
date
["[1888]"]
year
1888
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009003
creators
United States. Post Office Dept
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Counties--Maine--Maps
Postal service--Maine--Maps
Post roads--Maine--Maps
Railway mail service--Maine--Maps
Railroads--Maine--Maps
Maine--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Maine
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Maine
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
Post Office Dept.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z223t
schema:latitude
45
schema:longitude
-69
extent
1 map : col. ; 94 x 74 cm.
notes
Shows counties, railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, and discontinued post offices.
Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich.
Insets: Environs of Portland -- Environs of Bangor.
"The service on this diagram brought up to date of October 1st. 1891."
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cj82kj790
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map
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