Title: Colton's New Railroad & County Map of the United States the Canadas &c. Author: Colton, Joseph Hutchins Place: New York Publisher: Published by J.H. Colton Date: 1862 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored. 80x94/5 cm (21½x37¼"), backed with linen & sectioned for folding into original cloth covers bearing the printed label of G.F. Crutchley, London, 22.5x13.5 cm (9x5¼"). The eastern half of the United States in the second year of the Civil War, with railroads and many other features. In the lower border is a printed paper label explaining the color designations of the map: red for "Free or Non-Slaveholding States" with a population of 18 million; yellow for "Border Slave States" with a population of 3 million; and green for "Seceded or Confederate States" with a population of 10 million, of which 3.5 million were slaves. In addition to the Crutchley label on the cover, there is a printed leaf affixed to the inside of the cover, listing the members of the Federal and Confederate Administrations. The map extends west to the western border of Kansas. Provenance: High Ridge, Los Angeles Book Fair, 2/84 References: Stephensen, Civil War Maps, #25.7. Modelski, Raillroad Maps of the United States, # 41 ( 1860 and 1862 eds. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor toning to the map; very good. Item number: 265995
Title: Colton's New Railroad & County Map of the United States the Canadas &c. Author: Colton, Joseph Hutchins Place: New York Publisher: Published by J.H. Colton Date: 1862 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored. 80x94/5 cm (21½x37¼"), backed with linen & sectioned for folding into original cloth covers bearing the printed label of G.F. Crutchley, London, 22.5x13.5 cm (9x5¼"). The eastern half of the United States in the second year of the Civil War, with railroads and many other features. In the lower border is a printed paper label explaining the color designations of the map: red for "Free or Non-Slaveholding States" with a population of 18 million; yellow for "Border Slave States" with a population of 3 million; and green for "Seceded or Confederate States" with a population of 10 million, of which 3.5 million were slaves. In addition to the Crutchley label on the cover, there is a printed leaf affixed to the inside of the cover, listing the members of the Federal and Confederate Administrations. The map extends west to the western border of Kansas. Provenance: High Ridge, Los Angeles Book Fair, 2/84 References: Stephensen, Civil War Maps, #25.7. Modelski, Raillroad Maps of the United States, # 41 ( 1860 and 1862 eds. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor toning to the map; very good. Item number: 265995
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