The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.
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Title
The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c.
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Pennsylvania
Whole
Names
Haines, D. (Engraver)
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) (Engraver)
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1849
Place: Philadelphia :
Publisher: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell :
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 00-495
Subjects
Pennsylvania -- Maps, Tourist
Pennsylvania Canal (Pa.) -- Altitudes -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Genres
Notes
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress, April 15th, 1831 by S. Augustus Mitchell of the state of Pennsylvania."
Content: Cover title in gold letters on embossed leather.
Content: Includes population of Pennsylvania by counties, and other population statistics, 1840, pasted inside front cover.
Content: Insets: Profile of the Pennsylvania canal -- Lehigh and Schuylkill coal regions -- Vicinity of Philadelphia.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Statement Of Responsibility: by J.H. Young ; D. Haines, sc.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 31 x 37 cm., folded in cover 13 x 9 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45694239
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14951969
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 750286f0-c52b-012f-dae8-3c075448cc4b
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1849
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/750286f0-c52b-012f-dae8-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/750286f0-c52b-012f-dae8-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The tourist's pocket map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances &c." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/750286f0-c52b-012f-dae8-3c075448cc4b
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