Research Catalog

Title

State of Alabama / compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman, G.L.O.

Author

United States. General Land Office, creator, issuing body.

Publication

• [Washington, D.C.] : [Department of the Interior, General Land Office], 1878
• 16 & 18 Park Place, N.Y. : Photo lith and print. by Julius Bien, 1878

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Details

Additional Authors

• Roeser, C. (Charles)
• Williamson, James Alexander, 1829-1902.
• Bien, Julius, 1826-1909

Description

1 map : color, mounted on cloth; 79 x 48 cm, on sheet 84 x 57 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US031.2.01

Subjects

• Alabama
• Railroads
• Land grants
• Maps
• Alabama > Maps
• Alabama > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Railroads > Alabama > Maps
• Land grants > Alabama > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Map shows U.S. Land Office, capital of state, county seats, principal railroad stations, towns and villages, boundaries of counties, rail roads completed, and rail road land grant limits.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
• At head of tittle: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, J.A. Williamson, Commissioner.

Indexed In (note)

• Mason, Sara Elizabeth. A list of nineteenth century maps of the State of Alabama
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-572

OCLC

7822155

Author

United States. General Land Office, creator, issuing body.

Title

State of Alabama / compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman, G.L.O.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [Department of the Interior, General Land Office], 1878

Manufacturer

16 & 18 Park Place, N.Y. : Photo lith and print. by Julius Bien, 1878

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:750,000. 12 miles to 1 inch (W 88°30ʹ--W 84°52ʹ/N 35°--N 30°15ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Mason, Sara Elizabeth. A list of nineteenth century maps of the State of Alabama no. 165

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 121, column 1, no. 6

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OCLC copy image

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Roeser, C. (Charles), compiler, draftsman.

Williamson, James Alexander, 1829-1902.

Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, lithographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-572