Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line

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Title
Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line
Names
Rand McNally and Company (Creator)
Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Issuing body)
Rand McNally and Company (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

North Dakota

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1883 (Inferred)
Place: Chicago, Ill.?
Publisher: Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5034
Topics
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad land grants -- North Dakota
North Dakota
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Rand, McNally & Co., engrs.
Citation/reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 278, column 3, no. 4
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale 1:380,160. 6 miles to 1 inch (W 104°03ʹ--W 98°25ʹ/N 47°40ʹ--N 45°56ʹ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 54 x 118 cm, on sheet 60 x 120 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy mounted on muslin; text and illustrations on verso obscured
Description
Shows drainage, county, townships, railroad lands sold & unsold, government owned & settled lands, lands reserved for school purposes, etc. Includes text and illustrations on verso. "Including Townships 129 to 148 North, and Ranges 62 to 105 inclusive, West of the 5th principal meridian." "Corrected up to July 1, 1883."
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1019103392
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20646072
Folder number: US187.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f0c59ce0-d917-0135-d144-07d4aeee537d
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1883: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1883. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36e90370-5c5f-0136-987f-0b8a213b7d38

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36e90370-5c5f-0136-987f-0b8a213b7d38

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1883). Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/36e90370-5c5f-0136-987f-0b8a213b7d38

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Map showing land grant of Northern Pacific Railroad Company, from Jamestown, North Dakota, to Montana boundary line