COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Post route map of the states of Ohio and Indiana with Cinncinnati and environs.
Obj Height cm:
105
Obj Width cm:
148
Scale 1:
506,880
Note:
1st issue 1870. Dissected into two sheets (each into 30 sections) labeled Western Part and Eastern Part. The usual incredible detail of these wonderful postal maps is all here - with five classes of roads shown. "The service on this Diagram brought up to date of April 1, 1884." With printed outline color by county. Sheets fold into red cloth end sheets labeled with the above title, and into a new red cloth folding case 23x14 with "Post Route Map Of Ohio & Indiana 1884" stamped in gold on the spine.
Reference:
cf Karrow 2-1969 (1870 edition); Phillips Maps, p. 633 (1881 ed.); Melvyl (Bancroft Library 1883 ed.: G4081.P8 1883 .U5)
Full Title:
Post route map of the states of Ohio and Indiana with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia showing post offices, with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st February 1884. Published by order of Postmaster General Walter Q. Gresham under the direction of C. Roeser Jr., Topographer P.O. Dept. 1884. The first edition was issued in 1870 ... (seal) Post Office Department United States Of America. "With Celerity, Certainty And Security." (with) City of Cincinnati and environs.
List No:
3081.001
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1884
Pub Title:
Post route map of the states of Ohio and Indiana with adjacent parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia showing post offices, with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st February 1884. Published by order of Postmaster General Walter Q. Gresham under the direction of C. Roeser Jr., Topographer P.O. Dept. 1884. The first edition was issued in 1870 ... (seal) Post Office Department United States Of America. "With Celerity, Certainty And Security." (with) City of Cincinnati and environs.
Pub Reference:
Karrow 2-1969 (1870 edition)
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3081.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
105
Pub Width cm:
148
Image No:
3081001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
Post Office Dept.
Type:
Case Map
State/Province:
Indiana
State/Province:
Ohio
Subject:
Postal
Publication Author:
Roeser, C. (Charles)
Publication Author:
United States. Post Office Dept.
Pub Type:
Case Map
Author:
Roeser, C. (Charles)
Author:
United States. Post Office Dept.
Date:
1884
Post route map of the states of Ohio and Indiana with Cinncinnati and environs.
