Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware: with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895
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Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware: with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
Parts
Names
United States. Post Office Department (Publisher)
Bissell, Wilson Shannon, 1847-1903 (Creator)
Von Haake, A. (Creator)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1895
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Post Office Dept.
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5228
Subjects
Postal service -- Virginia
Postal service -- West Virginia
Postal service -- Maryland
Postal service -- Delaware
Postal service -- Southern States
Postal service -- Middle Atlantic States
Postal service
Middle Atlantic States
Southern States
Genres
Notes
Content: Shows counties, cities and towns, mail routes and frequencies, railroads and natural features.
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Content: Includes inset map: District of Columbia with portions of adjacent states.
Content: Includes blank inset charts: Distances -- General statistics.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Published by order of Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell, under the direction of A. von Haake, Topographer, P.O. Dept."
Date: "The first edition was issued in 1882."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : color ; 136 x 156 cm
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 945778606
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20644035
Other local Identifier: US020.4.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67384210-e7a8-0133-c015-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1895
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware: with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67384210-e7a8-0133-c015-00505686a51c
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1895). Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware: with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67384210-e7a8-0133-c015-00505686a51c
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the states of Virginia and West Virginia, together with Maryland and Delaware: with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, showing post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of March, 1895" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/67384210-e7a8-0133-c015-00505686a51c
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