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Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885

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Title

Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885

Collection

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

Names

United States. Post Office Department (Creator)
Nicholson, W. L. (Contributor)
Hatton, Frank, 1861-1883 (Contributor)
United States. Post Office Department (Issuing body)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1885 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Post Office Department

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5294

Subjects

Postal service -- South Carolina
Counties -- South Carolina
Railroads -- South Carolina
Postal service -- Georgia
Counties -- Georgia
Railroads -- Georgia
South Carolina
Georgia

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "Published by order of Postmaster General Frank Hatton under the direction of W.L. Nicholson, Topographer, P.O. Dept."
Date: "The first edition was issued in 1879."
Content: "The service on this diagram brought up to date of [blank]."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color, mounted on cloth ; 104 x 147 cm

Abstract

Also shows railroads and counties. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 988321789
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20646332
Folder number: US223.1.08
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2592ed10-3ca6-0135-0bdf-654268eb2ada

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1885

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2592ed10-3ca6-0135-0bdf-654268eb2ada

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1885). Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2592ed10-3ca6-0135-0bdf-654268eb2ada

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2592ed10-3ca6-0135-0bdf-654268eb2ada

Wikipedia citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2592ed10-3ca6-0135-0bdf-654268eb2ada | title= (cartographic) Post route map of the States of South Carolina and Georgia: with adjacent parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida : showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of February 1885 (1885) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 7, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>