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

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1833
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell,
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5224
Topics
Canals -- United States
Railroads -- United States
United States -- Maps
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1832, by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of of Pennsylvannia."
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
Content: Text pasted below the map includes index, steam boat and canal routes, statistical table of the United States and distance table (45 x 57 cm.).
Content: 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 New Orleans -- Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara.
Statement of responsibility: by J.H. Young ; engraved on steel by J.H. Young & D. Haines.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 41 x 52 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 9925897
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15108660
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): db320f70-c52a-012f-edce-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

  • 1792: Creator Born
  • 1833: Issued
  • 1868: Creator Died
  • 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. 1833. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f0bb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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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." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 5, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f0bb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1833). 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-f0bb-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.