Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine

Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine

Item Information

Title:
Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine
Title (alt.):
Post route map of the New England states
Creator:
Nicholson, Walter L.
Name on Item:
designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Wm. Dennison and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W.L. Nicholson topographer of P.O. Dept.
Date:
1872
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Railroads--New England--Maps
Railroads--New York (State)--Maps
Railway mail service--New England--Maps
Postal service--United States--Maps
New England--Maps
New York (State)--Maps
Long Island (N.Y.)--Maps
Places:
New York
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets : col. ; 149 x 96 cm, folded to 21 x 15 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8336h3480
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Washington, D.C : U.S. Post Office Dept.
Scale:
Scale 1:380,160
Language:
English
Notes:
Longitude east from Washington, D.C.; latitude north from the equator. Also gives time differential for longitudes.
Boundaries of states and some postal routes in color.
First edition was issued in 1866.
"The service on this diagram brought up to date of Spt. 1st 1872."
Includes a table of distances and a table of general statistics for 1860 and 1866.
Railroad routes shown.
Drawn by P. Goepel and engraved by D. McClelland.
Identifier:
06_01_007633
Call #:
G3721.P8 1872 .N53x BOXED MAP
Barcode:
39999065645747