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Map of a Reconnaissance between Baltimore and Philadelphia exhibiting the several routes of the Mail-Road contemplated by the resolution of Congress approved on the 4th of May 1826
by Poussin, William Tell:
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About This Item
Washington, Gales &: Seaton,, 1827. Copper engraving, 28.5 x 83 cm, one or two minor restorations to verso, old folds, blank verso. Published in a report to Congress, Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a report of General Bernard, of surveys of routes for a post road from Baltimore to Philadelphia. The Postmaster General at that time was John McLean (1782-1861); the map was produced under the auspices of Simon Bernard (1799-1836), a member of the Board of Internal Improvement, and William Tell Poussin (1794-1876), a Captain in the [U.S. Army Corps of] Topographical Engineers. The map shows various alternative routes, and is an early example of U.S. government cartographic printing: in May 1826, the U.S. Congress authorized a survey party to explore various new mail routes to Philadelphia. This map appeared as part of a government document the following year (Cobb, Mapping Maryland, The William Hackermna Collection (2002). OCLC: 82929312 Map
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- Bookseller
- Bryars and Bryars
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- Title
- Map of a Reconnaissance between Baltimore and Philadelphia exhibiting the several routes of the Mail-Road contemplated by the resolution of Congress approved on the 4th of May 1826
- Author
- Poussin, William Tell:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Seaton,
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Gales &
- Date Published
- 1827
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