Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast, and in the West Indies
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Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast, and in the West Indies
Collection
Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
Whole
Names
United States. Congress. House (Publisher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1849
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: The House
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-5312 [Filed with U.S. Railroads, 1849]
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Notes
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Railroad lines hand col. in red ink.
Content: Shows constructed and contemplated railroads.
Citation/Reference: LC Railroad maps, 13
Statement Of Responsibility: prepared by order of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1st Sess., 30th Con.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 117 x 92 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 47840326
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15129085
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eef54830-c52a-012f-fc52-3c075448cc4b
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Date Issued
1849
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast, and in the West Indies" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1849. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eef54830-c52a-012f-fc52-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1849). Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast, and in the West Indies Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eef54830-c52a-012f-fc52-3c075448cc4b
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Skeleton map showing the rail roads completed and in progress in the United States and their connection as proposed with the harbor of Pensacola : and its relative position to the various important ports on the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast, and in the West Indies" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eef54830-c52a-012f-fc52-3c075448cc4b
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