Image Title

:  Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads &c. / by David H. Burr, (Late topographer to the Post Office,) Geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S.

Creator

: Burr, David H., 1803-1875  -- Cartographer

Published Date

: [1839]

Item Physical Description

: 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 89 x 122 cm., sheets 97 x 66 cm.

Notes

: "Entered according to the Act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Note 2.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 3.) Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Note 4.) Relief relief shown by hachures. Note 5.) Shows township and county boundaries.

Standard Reference

: LC Railroad maps, 70; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 987

Source

: Maps of North America. / Countries / United States (except New York) / Parts

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 01-1949

Digital ID

: 434787

Record ID

: 253419

Digital Item Published

: 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011