Post Route Map

Alternative Title:

Post route map of the states of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and parts of New York and Maine designed and constructed under the orders of Postmaster General Wm. Dennison and Second Ass't Postmaster Gen'l Geo. Wm. McLellan, by W. L. Nicholson topographer of P.O. Dept.

Description:

1 map on 2 sheets : col., dissected ; 146 x 93 cm., folded to 20 x 13 cm. Longitude east from Washington, D.C.; latitude north from the equator. Also gives time differential for longitudes. Boundaries of states and some postal routes in color. Backed on linen. Includes a table of distances and a table of general statistics for 1860 and 1866. Railroad routes shown. Drawn by P. Goepel and engraved by D. McClelland. "The service on this diagram brought up to date of Decr 29th 1866." Official seal of Post Office Department on piece.

Creator:

United States. Post Office Department http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013583 http://viaf.org/viaf/155868670

Provider:

University of Michigan

Collection:

07d-01

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Thematic maps

Temporal Coverage:

1866

Date Issued:

1866

Spatial Coverage:

New England

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG

More details at:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003279703/39015091910458