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57563207


Item data

Title

State of Wisconsin

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Wisconsin

Names

United States. General Land Office (Creator)
Williamson, James Alexander, 1829-1902 (Creator)
Roeser, C. (Charles) (Compiler)
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 (Lithographer)
United States. Phoenix General Land Office (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1878
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: General Land Office

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 18-867

Subjects

Railroads -- Wisconsin
Indian reservations -- Wisconsin
Wisconsin -- Surveys
Wisconsin
Wisconsin -- Administrative and political divisions

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman, G.L.O.
Statement Of Responsibility: At head of title: Department of the Interior, General Land Office, J.A. Williamson, Commissioner.
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 681, column 2, no. 1
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to 1 inch (W 92°54ʹ--W 86°45ʹ/N 47°07ʹ--N 42°30ʹ).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : color ; 72 x 63 cm, 82 x 65 cm

Abstract

Shows drainage, county boundaries, railroads, railroad grants, Indian reservations, townships, etc. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 5461451
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21485919
Folder number: US255.2.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cdad9190-dea1-0135-383c-4da66dec82cc

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1878

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "State of Wisconsin " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1878. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdad9190-dea1-0135-383c-4da66dec82cc

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1878). State of Wisconsin Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdad9190-dea1-0135-383c-4da66dec82cc

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "State of Wisconsin " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cdad9190-dea1-0135-383c-4da66dec82cc

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