Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina

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Title
Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina
Names
United States. Post Office Department (Publisher)
Nicholson, W. L. (Designer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Parts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1880 (Inferred)
Place: Washington
Publisher: Post Office Dept.
Edition: The service on this diagram brought up to date of September 1, 1880.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5177
Topics
Postal service -- Virginia
Postal service -- West Virginia
Postal service -- Maryland
Postal service -- Delaware
Postal service -- East (U.S.)
Postal service
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General David M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of P.O. Dept., 1879.
Content: "September 1, 1880" of edition statement is manuscript addition. Also post routes appear to be added by hand.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 137 x 154 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 938921248
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643984
Other local Identifier: US016.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f878c280-b88a-0133-9003-00505686d14e
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29514f10-b88b-0133-b766-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29514f10-b88b-0133-b766-00505686d14e

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1880). Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29514f10-b88b-0133-b766-00505686d14e

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Preliminary post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia together with Maryland and Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina