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57170291


Item data

Title

Alabama

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Alabama

Names

United States. General Land Office (Issuing body)
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 (Lithographer)
Roeser, C. (Charles) (Draftsman)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1882
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: General Land Office, Dept. of the Interior

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-573

Subjects

Railroads -- Alabama
Land grants -- Alabama
Alabama -- Administrative and political divisions
Alabama

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, principal draughtsman.
Content: Map shows U.S. Land Office, capitol of state, county seats, principal railroad stations, towns and villages boundaries of counties, rail roads completed, and rail road land grant limits.
Content: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
Statement Of Responsibility: At head of tittle: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, N.C. McFarland, Commissioner.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 79 x 47 cm, on sheet 87 x 56 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 849902340
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21172154
Folder number: US031.4.08
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 21206260-e02b-0134-e7a4-0b4bcc732ecb

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1882

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Alabama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21206260-e02b-0134-e7a4-0b4bcc732ecb

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1882). Alabama Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21206260-e02b-0134-e7a4-0b4bcc732ecb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Alabama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/21206260-e02b-0134-e7a4-0b4bcc732ecb

Wikipedia citation

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