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Colton, Joseph Hutchins, 1800-1893 Colton's New Topographical Map of the States of Virginia, Maryland & Delaware : Showing also Eastern Tennessee & Parts of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads, and Other Internal Improvements

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03485 Author/Creator: Colton, Joseph Hutchins, 1800-1893 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Map Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; folded in cover 19 x 13 cm. Height: 73 cm, Width: 115 cm Order a Copy

Printed and folded Civil War map part of Colton's complete series of Civil War maps. Bound in a booklet advertising Colton's other maps on the inside cover. Only Virginia, Maryland, an Delaware are in color. WIth a floral border. After title the map reads "compiled from the latest & most authentic sources on a scale of 12 miles to the inch."

Colton, Joseph Hutchins, 1800-1893

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