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County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices: with the through routes connecting the same. Designed to illustrate the United States Post Office Guide by Ely [sic] Bowen

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of North America

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Title
County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices: with the through routes connecting the same. Designed to illustrate the United States Post Office Guide by Ely [sic] Bowen
Names
Bowen, Eli, 1824- (Author)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Place: New York
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 75-1020
Topics
Postal service -- United States
United States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Scale ca. 1:3,500,000
Content: Extracted from The United States Post Office Guide by Eli Bowen. New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1851. Facing title page.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map 50 x 66 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG794275543-M
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10554780
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 29926500-d631-0132-13d7-58d385a7b928
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

  • 1851: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eea74970-d7bc-0132-6173-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eea74970-d7bc-0132-6173-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1851). County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eea74970-d7bc-0132-6173-58d385a7bbd0

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County Map of the United States exhibiting the distributing post offices