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Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware : with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895.

Title
  1. Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware : with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895.
Published by
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : Post Office Dept., 1895.
Author
  1. United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.

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Additional authors
  1. Bissell, Wilson Shannon, 1847-1903.
  2. Von Haake, A.
Description
  1. 1 map : color; 136 x 156 cm
Alternative title
  1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US020.4.01
Subject
  1. Postal service
  2. Middle Atlantic States
  3. Southern States
  4. Postal service > Virginia > Maps
  5. Postal service > Maryland > Maps
  6. Middle Atlantic States > Maps
  7. Postal service > West Virginia > Maps
  8. Maps
  9. Southern States > Maps
  10. Postal service > Southern States > Maps
  11. Postal service > Delaware > Maps
  12. Postal service > Middle Atlantic States > Maps
Genre/Form
  1. Maps.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5228
Note
  1. Shows counties, cities and towns, mail routes and frequencies, railroads and natural features.
  2. Prime meridian: Washington.
  3. Includes inset map: District of Columbia with portions of adjacent states.
  4. Includes blank inset charts: Distances -- General statistics.
  5. "Published by order of Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell, under the direction of A. von Haake, Topographer, P.O. Dept."
  6. "The first edition was issued in 1882."
Indexed in (note)
  1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Author
  1. United States. Post Office Department, creator, publisher.
Title
  1. Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware : with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895.
Imprint
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : Post Office Dept., 1895.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale 1:506,880. 8 miles = 1 in. (W 84°--W 75°/N 41°--N 35°).
Type of content
  1. cartographic image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Indexed in:
  1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 188, column c, row 5
Local note
  1. NYPL Map Div. copy in 4 sheets, 77 x 87 cm or smaller.
Source
  1. US020.4.01
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Place of publication
  1. United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added author
  1. Bissell, Wilson Shannon, 1847-1903.
  2. Von Haake, A.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5228 [4 sheets]
  2. Map Div. 15-5228
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