Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c

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Title:: Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c
Creator:: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Date:: 1862
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:: Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
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Extent:: 1 map : col. ; 85 x 99 cm.
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: New York : J.H. Colton
Scale:: Scale ca. 1:3,120,000.
Language:: English
Notes:: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton.
"Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green).
Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm.
Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Identifier:: 06_01_007417
Call #:: G3701.P3 1862 .C65
Barcode:: 39999065649574
LCCN:: 99447074