Research Catalog

Title

Post route map of the state of Maine : and of the adjacent parts of New Hampshire and the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept. ; Paul Goepel, draughtsman ; engraved by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.

Author

Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], [1875]

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Details

Additional Authors

• McLellan, George William, 1804 or 1805-1877.
• Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872.
• Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913
• McClelland, David
• United States. Post Office Department, publisher.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 94 x 74 cm, , on sheet 99 x 78 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US082.2.04

Subjects

• Railway mail service > Maine > Maps
• Maine > Maps
• Postal service > Maine > Maps
• Post roads > Maine > Maps
• Maps
• Railroads > Maine > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Shows railroads, postal routes, delivery schedule, and discontinued post offices.
• Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
• Includes table of "Distances computed by the shortest mail routes and from the terminal post offices" and inset: "Map of the state of Maine showing the connections with the surrounding states and provinces."[Scale 1:2,851,200].
• Date printed on map 1869. Printed and manuscript notation: The service on this diagram brought up to date of: Jan'y 1, 1875.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-821

OCLC

963846301

Author

Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, creator.

Title

Post route map of the state of Maine : and of the adjacent parts of New Hampshire and the Dominion of Canada / designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Alex. W. Randall and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept. ; Paul Goepel, draughtsman ; engraved by D. McClelland, Washn., D.C.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [Post Office Department], [1875]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:538,560. 8 1/2 miles to one inch (W 71°32ʹ--W 66°40ʹ/N 47°31ʹ--N 42°58ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 111, column 2, no. 6

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

McLellan, George William, 1804 or 1805-1877.

Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872.

Goepel, Paul, 1844-1913, draftsman.

McClelland, David, engraver.

United States. Post Office Department, publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-821 [Filed with 1869]