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File:Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States, and those projected through the public lands and their connection with the principal harbours on the lakes NYPL434899.tiff

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Description Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States, and those projected through the public lands and their connection with the principal harbours on the lakes and on the seaboard.; Maps of North America. / Countries / United States (except New York) / Whole
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"Accompanied with a report from Hon. Sidney Breese, for granting land to the state of Illinois to aid in the completion of her rail roads." ''Note 2.'') "Printed by order of the Senate of the United States the 9th Sess. 31st Congress 1848-9." ''Note 3.'') Description derived from published bibliography. ''Note 4.'') Includes tables of travel times. ''Note 5.'') National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. ''Note 6.'') Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. ''Note 7.'') Railroad lines hand col. in red ink. ''Note 8.'') NYPL copy lacks pieces of map on the lower left corner.
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1 map : hand col. 57 x 92 cm.
Catalogue call number
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Map Div. 01-5295
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LC Railroad maps, 13; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 899
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institution QS:P195,Q219555
Author United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands - Publisher
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From The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. http://maps.nypl.org

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Digital item published
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2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011
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434899




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