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Author: Colton, J. H.

Date: 1862

Short Title: Cover: Colton's new railroad & county map, United States.

Publisher: New York: J.H. Colton; London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.

Type: Covers

Obj Height cm: 23

Obj Width cm: 15

Reference: Stephenson 25.7.

Country: United States ; Canada

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Railroad

Full Title: (Covers to) Colton's New Railroad & County Map Of The United States, The Canadas &c. Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St., New York 1862. Entered ... 1861 by J.H. Colton ... New York. (inset) Colton's Map of the United States Showing the Proposed Railroad Routes To The Pacific Ocean. (inset) Southern Part Of Florida.

List No: 3358A

Series No: 1

Publication Author: Colton, J. H.

Pub Date: 1862

Pub Title: Colton's New Railroad & County Map Of The United States, The Canadas &c. Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St., New York 1862. Entered ... 1861 by J.H. Colton ... New York. (inset) Colton's Map of the United States Showing the Proposed Railroad Routes To The Pacific Ocean. (inset) Southern Part Of Florida.

Pub Reference: Stephenson 25.7.

Pub Note: "Civil War map - Confederacy green, North red, border states yellow. A pasted down sheet in the bottom margin explains the color coding and gives population statistics for the three regions. There is an ad for ""Colton's...Complete Series of War Maps"" on the verso of the cover and a pasted down list of Union and Confederate Political and Military leaders on the verso of the map. The map was sold in London by Sampson Low, Son & Co., by arrangement with Colton. All the prices quoted for Colton's maps on the paste down are in pounds. There was great demand in England for maps of the American Civil War, and Colton exploited it by providing his maps to English map sellers. W.H. has an identical copy of this map sold by Crutchly. Stanford also sold this map under his imprint. Full color. Dissected into 32 sections. Folds into dark green cloth covers 23x14.5 with a green paper label reading ""Colton's Map Of Thr (sic) The United States Of America And The Canadas."""

Pub List No: 3358.000

Pub Type: Case Map

Pub Maps: 1

Pub Height cm: 23

Pub Width cm: 15

Image No: 3358A

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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