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The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek

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57503778


Item data

Title

The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek

Collection

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

Names

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers (Creator)
Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853 (Draftsman)
United States. Congress (31st, 1st session : 1849-1850). Senate (Issuing body)
United States. Army. Military Department, 10th (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1849 (Inferred)
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: U.S. Congress

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5488

Subjects

Landowners -- California -- Sacramento Valley (Calif.)
Indians of North America -- California -- Sacramento Valley (Calif.)
Discoveries in geography
Historical geography
Sacramento Valley (Calif.)
California, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
California, Northern
California

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Surveyed & drawn by order of Gen'l. Riley, command'g 10th Military Dep't., by Lieut. Derby, Top'l. eng'rs, September & October 1849.
Citation/Reference: Congressional information service. CIS U.S. serial set index. Pt. 14, Index and carto-bibliography of maps, entry 558 ( 31- 1) S.exdoc. 47, map 1
Citation/Reference: New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 780, column 3, no. 1
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 55 x 44 cm, on sheet 58 x 46 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: small pieces of map lacking

Abstract

Shows drainage, land ownership, ranchos, Indian locations, etc. Relief shown by hachures. "S. Ex. Doc. No. 47, part 2nd 1st. Sess. 31st Con. 122"-- Top left.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 13134094
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20644295
Folder number: US038.4.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dc787850-1657-0136-9d06-434514c6abeb

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1849

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc787850-1657-0136-9d06-434514c6abeb

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc787850-1657-0136-9d06-434514c6abeb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "The Sacramento Valley from the American River to Butte Creek" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc787850-1657-0136-9d06-434514c6abeb

Wikipedia citation

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