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Title
A diagram of the State of Alabama
Names
Weakley, James H. (Creator)
Stone, William James, 1798-1865 (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Alabama

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1841 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-571
Topics
Indians of North America -- Alabama
Indians of North America
Alabama -- Surveys
Alabama
Genres
Maps
Surveys
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Surveyor's Office, Florence Alabama 25th. Jan. 1840. Jas. H. Weakley, Surveyor General of the Public Lands in Alabama ; W.J. Stone, sc.
Version identification: Library's copy has hand coloring highlighting some of the boundary lines.
Content: "Exhibiting the situation of the Public Surveys shewing what records of the same are on file in the General Land Office and the Surveyor General's Office, the Townships, the field notes of which are yet to be transcribed for the General Land Office and recorded in this Office, also what Townships, the original field notes of which are not on file in either office, having been destroyed by fire in December 1827, and which have to be retraced for the purpose of obtaining the Original Land Marks to be preserved on record in the General Land Office and this Office."
Content: "S. 26 Cong. 2 Sess." at upper right corner.
Content: Shows Choctaw cession of 1830, Creek cession of 1832, Chickasaw cession of 1833 and Cherokee cession.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map :hand colored ; 58 x 29 cm, on sheet 60 x 32 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 232410898
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21167423
Folder number: US031.1.05
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 19f7f040-e005-0134-aba3-57d5115f15af
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

  • 1841: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A diagram of the State of Alabama" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1841. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2644be30-e005-0134-2e2d-239fda48f45c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A diagram of the State of Alabama" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2644be30-e005-0134-2e2d-239fda48f45c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1841). A diagram of the State of Alabama Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2644be30-e005-0134-2e2d-239fda48f45c

Wikipedia Citation

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A diagram of the State of Alabama