Post route map of the state of Louisiana : with adjacent parts of Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas

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Title
Post route map of the state of Louisiana : with adjacent parts of Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas
Names
Nicholson, W. L. (Creator)
Key, David McKendree, 1824-1900 (Associated name)
United States. Post Office Department (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Louisiana

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1880 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: United States of America Post Office Department
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-6005
Topics
Postal service -- Louisiana
Railroads -- Louisiana
Postal service
Louisiana -- Administrative and political divisions
Louisiana
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General David M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of the P.O. Dept.
Content: Also shows railroads and counties.
Date: "First edition was issued in 1880."
Date: "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Sept. 1st, 1880."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 95 x 134 cm ; NYPL Map Div. copy divided into 4 sheets, 50 x 69 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 62256717
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20644812
Folder number: US079.3.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c2a28e40-126c-0135-4781-491626d4dad7
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

  • 1880: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the state of Louisiana " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc9b3680-126c-0135-cd7a-436cc5b68487

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Post route map of the state of Louisiana " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc9b3680-126c-0135-cd7a-436cc5b68487

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1880). Post route map of the state of Louisiana Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cc9b3680-126c-0135-cd7a-436cc5b68487

Wikipedia Citation

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Post route map of the state of Louisiana