COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Cover: Virginia, Maryland, Delaware.
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
15
Reference:
Stephenson 25.9.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Colton's New Topographical Map of The States Of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, Showing Also Eastern Tennessee & Parts Of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads and other Internal Improvements Compiled from the Latest & most Authentic Sources, On A Scale of 12 Miles to the Inch. Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St. New York. Entered ... 1862, by J.H. Colton ... New York. Printed by Lang & Laing Lith 117 Fulton St. New York.
List No:
4856A
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1862
Pub Title:
Colton's New Topographical Map of The States Of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, Showing Also Eastern Tennessee & Parts Of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads and other Internal Improvements Compiled from the Latest & most Authentic Sources, On A Scale of 12 Miles to the Inch. Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St. New York. Entered ... 1862, by J.H. Colton ... New York. Printed by Lang & Laing Lith 117 Fulton St. New York.
Pub Reference:
Stephenson 25.9.
Pub Note:
The second 1862 issue with added towns (Fair Oaks, etc.) around Richmond. This copy issued in London by Bacon and Co. with the following on the paste down: "Bacon's Shilling Series of American War Maps... the series affording all the information required for tracing the movements of the armies." Full color by county. Dissected into 36 sections. Map folds into brown cloth covers 23x14.5 with a green paper label reading "Colton's Steel Plate Map Of The State Of Virginia, On The Largest Scale Ever Published, Minutely Delineating Every Fort, Town, Railway, And Stream, In The State. Price folded in Case 6s. In Cloth Case 10s. On Rollers Varnished 12s. 6d."
Pub List No:
4856.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
15
Image No:
4856A
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Event:
U.S. Civil War
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
J.H. Colton
Type:
Covers
State/Province:
Delaware
State/Province:
Maryland
State/Province:
Virginia
Publication Author:
Colton, J. H.
Pub Type:
Case Map
Author:
Colton, J. H.
Date:
1862
Cover: Virginia, Maryland, Delaware.
