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Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States

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Title
Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States
Names
Schönberg & Co. (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

The Daniel Butterfield Collection of Civil War Maps

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1857 - 1861 (Questionable)
Place: New York?
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-430
Topics
Post roads -- United States
Butterfield Overland Trail
Southwestern States
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: engrd. by Schönberg & Co., 75 Nassau St., N.Y.
Content: Scale approximately 1:6,000,000 (W 123°--W 88°/N 39ʺ--N 29°)
Content: Shows the mail route from Saint Louis and Memphis in the east, via a southern route through Fort Smith, Fort Belknap, El Paso, Tucson, Yuma, and Los Angeles, to San Francisco in the west.
Biographical/historical: Congress established subsidy for the route in 1857; route discontinued with outbreak of Civil War in 1861.--American National Biography Online article on John Butterfield.
Biographical/historical: Appears in an 1858-1859 handbook "printed by Hellier and Company Publishers" for "conducters, agents, drivers, and station managers."--Wikimedia Commons.
Biographical/historical: Mail route trail named for John Butterfield, who established the Overland Mail Company and was the father of General Daniel Butterfield.--American National Biography Online.
Acquisition: Gift; Mrs. Daniel Butterfield; 1903-1904
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 20 x 53 cm
Relief shown by hachures
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 909413221
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20625358
Other local Identifier: General Daniel Butterfield Collection. 30a and 30b
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f378f8a0-e14c-0132-87f3-58d385a7bbd0
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

  • 1857: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857 - 1861. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c096650-e21b-0132-c39b-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 26, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c096650-e21b-0132-c39b-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1857 - 1861). Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c096650-e21b-0132-c39b-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9c096650-e21b-0132-c39b-58d385a7bbd0 | title= (cartographic) Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States, (1857 - 1861) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=March 26, 2023 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Map of the Butterfield Overland Trail mail route through the southwestern United States