Phelps's National Map of the United States - a Traveler's Guide, 1848

Item — map-case: 4, drawer: 8, map: 8.18

Identifier: 1500.026.4.8.18

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

....embracing the Principal Rail Roads, Canals, Steam Boat and Stage Routes, throughout the Union. Includes miniature inset details of the vicinities of Philadelphia, Baltimore, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, the northern part of Main, and the southern tip of Florida.

Drawn and engraved by J.M. Atwood. Portraits and St. Arms engraved by William D. Smith. Published by Ensign & Thayer, New York.

Dates

Creation: 1848

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

From the Collection: 18 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

B/W engraving on paper, with hand colored outlines and decorative border consisting of State symbols and portraits of prominent Americans. A pocket map attached to the back cloth-cover board, only.