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
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
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
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