Statement Of Responsibility: constructed from the plats and official sources of the General Land Office ; under the direction of the Hon. Jos. S. Wilson, Commissioner, 1870.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Also shows mine and mineral resources and Surveyor General and Land Office locations.
Content: Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Date: "Oct. 27, 1870."
Content: From the Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1870.
Content: Includes notes.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 71 x 140 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 21836051
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20883820
Other local Identifier: US014.4.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d78b640-befb-0133-9ffe-00505686d14e

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1870

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories: showing the extent of public surveys and other details" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d78b640-befb-0133-9ffe-00505686d14e

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1870). Map of the United States and territories: showing the extent of public surveys and other details Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d78b640-befb-0133-9ffe-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the United States and territories: showing the extent of public surveys and other details" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d78b640-befb-0133-9ffe-00505686d14e

Wikipedia citation

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