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Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of North America

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Title
Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c.
Names
Haines, D. (Engraver)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1841
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell :
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-478
Topics
Transportation -- United States
United States -- Distances, etc.
United States -- Maps, Tourist
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Text title: Mitchell's traveller's guide through the United States, containing the principal cities, towns &c. alphabetically arranged : together with the stage, steam-boat, canal, and railroad routes, with the distances, in miles, from place to place : illustrated by an accurate map of the United States.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1834 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District, of Pennsylvania."
Content: Covers the U.S. as far west as the western border of Missouri.
Content: Gordon Lester Ford Collection.
Content: Includes insets : Vicinity of Boston -- Vicinity of New York -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington -- Vicinity of Charleston -- Vicinity of Cincinnati -- Vicinity of Albany -- Vicinity of the falls of Niagara.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
Statement of responsibility: by J.H. Young ; engraved on steel by J.H. Young & D. Haines.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 42 x 52 cm., folded in leather cover 14 x 9 cm. + text (78 p. ; 13 cm.)
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 35166636
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14952383
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e779da00-c52a-012f-5302-3c075448cc4b
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
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1841. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1841). Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-efd2-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Mitchell's travellers guide through the United States : a map of the roads, distances, steam boat & canal routes &c.