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Map of the surveyed part of Iowa : exhibiting the sections, townships & ranges

Title
  1. Map of the surveyed part of Iowa : exhibiting the sections, townships & ranges / compiled from the United States surveys by Jesse Williams, late a clerk in the Surveyor General's office, Cincinnati ; engraved by Sherman & Smith New York.
Published by
  1. New York : Published by J.H. Colton, 1840.
Author
  1. Williams, Jesse

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Additional authors
  1. Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
  2. United States. Surveyor General of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.
  3. Sherman & Smith, engraver.
Description
  1. 1 map : hand colored; 81 x 53 cm
Summary
  1. Subject: Map of the eastern part of Iowa, divided into counties and towns, with plots of land sectioned, some areas numbered. Includes an image of an eagle in the upper left corner.
Alternative title
  1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US070.1.05
Subject
  1. Iowa
  2. Iowa > Surveys > Maps
  3. Maps
  4. Iowa > Maps
Genre/Form
  1. Maps.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5901
Note
  1. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. and London.
  2. Includes a vignette and 2 insets: Map of Rock Island Rapids of the Mississippi River -- Map of Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi River.
  3. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1840, by J.H. Colton in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Indexed in (note)
  1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Author
  1. Williams, Jesse, compiler.
Title
  1. Map of the surveyed part of Iowa : exhibiting the sections, townships & ranges / compiled from the United States surveys by Jesse Williams, late a clerk in the Surveyor General's office, Cincinnati ; engraved by Sherman & Smith New York.
Publisher
  1. New York : Published by J.H. Colton, 1840.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale 1:380,160. 6 miles to the inch (W 92°04ʹ--W 90°00ʹ/N 43°33ʹ--N 40°13ʹ).
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. 5, page 320, column 3, no. 7
Source
  1. US070.1.05
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. American Antiquarian Society copy image
Place of publication
  1. United States New York New York.
Added author
  1. Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, publisher.
  2. United States. Surveyor General of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.
  3. Sherman & Smith, engraver.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5901
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