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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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Letter from Aaron Arrowsmith to John Pinkerton dated May 10, 1803
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15935.001
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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(Verso) Letter from Aaron Arrowsmith to John Pinkerton dated May 10, 1803
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15935.002
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Arrowsmith, Aaron
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(Address) Letter from Aaron Arrowsmith to John Pinkerton dated May 10, 1803
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15935.003
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Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
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December 31, 1823 Letter from Aaron Arrowsmith to Stanfield Rawson
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15936.001
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Arrowsmith, Aaron Jr.
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(Address) December 31, 1823 Letter from Aaron Arrowsmith to Stanfield Rawson
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15936.002
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Gulf Refining Company
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1935-1936, Aviation Atlas. Fourth Edition.
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13357.020
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Letter by Williams, Gulf Refining Company, Manager Aviation Department.
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British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Limited
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(Letter to) Master Martin Geraghty.
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12417.003
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In airline folder, appears to be unrelated except possibly by date and being Australian.
Author
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
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(Henry S. Tanner letter, signed, to Gales & Seaton)
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15759.000
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Dallas, George M.
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[Discussing The Recovery of John Melish's Map of Pennsylvania] Autograph Letter Signed, "George M. Dallas," to Auditor General David Mann
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15637.000
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Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
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(Heinrich Kiepert original manuscripts). 1885.
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13116.001
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Handwritten letters by German geographer and cartographer Heinrich Kiepert, foremost authority on the geography of Ottoman Empire. The letter dated November 18, 1885 on blue sheets 22x14 or smaller, text addressed to the map published and his personal friend Dietrich Reimer, discussed and untitled map Kiepert was working on in November, 1885, probably one of the maps Kiepert and Reimer published together. The letter dated February 2, 1885 addressed to unknown scientist in Vienna, includes his annotations and remarks to the map of Lycia, a geopolitical region in the southwest part of Anatolia, in Anatalya in Turkey, which was a result of the Austrian archaeological expedition to the region. In the letter Kiepert mentions an archeologist Alexander Christian Leopold Conze, 1931-1914 sent him a map of Lycia. According to the note the expedition brought with them three Kiepert's maps, which were by coincidence tossed overboard off coast of the Island of Kekova.
Author
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
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(Heinrich Kiepert original manuscripts). 1885.
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13116.002
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Handwritten letters by German geographer and cartographer Heinrich Kiepert, foremost authority on the geography of Ottoman Empire. The letter dated November 18, 1885 on blue sheets 22x14 or smaller, text addressed to the map published and his personal friend Dietrich Reimer, discussed and untitled map Kiepert was working on in November, 1885, probably one of the maps Kiepert and Reimer published together. The letter dated February 2, 1885 addressed to unknown scientist in Vienna, includes his annotations and remarks to the map of Lycia, a geopolitical region in the southwest part of Anatolia, in Anatalya in Turkey, which was a result of the Austrian archaeological expedition to the region. In the letter Kiepert mentions an archeologist Alexander Christian Leopold Conze, 1931-1914 sent him a map of Lycia. According to the note the expedition brought with them three Kiepert's maps, which were by coincidence tossed overboard off coast of the Island of Kekova.
Author
Kiepert, Heinrich, 1818-1899
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(Heinrich Kiepert original manuscripts). 1885.
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13116.003
Note
Handwritten letters by German geographer and cartographer Heinrich Kiepert, foremost authority on the geography of Ottoman Empire. The letter dated November 18, 1885 on blue sheets 22x14 or smaller, text addressed to the map published and his personal friend Dietrich Reimer, discussed and untitled map Kiepert was working on in November, 1885, probably one of the maps Kiepert and Reimer published together. The letter dated February 2, 1885 addressed to unknown scientist in Vienna, includes his annotations and remarks to the map of Lycia, a geopolitical region in the southwest part of Anatolia, in Anatalya in Turkey, which was a result of the Austrian archaeological expedition to the region. In the letter Kiepert mentions an archeologist Alexander Christian Leopold Conze, 1931-1914 sent him a map of Lycia. According to the note the expedition brought with them three Kiepert's maps, which were by coincidence tossed overboard off coast of the Island of Kekova.
Author
Berghaus, Heinrich, 1797-1884
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Autograph Book Order by Heinrich Berghaus signed Munich, 16 Jan. 1828.
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15635.000
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Folio. 1 p. (watermark: shell). In German.
Author
Bond, Arthur
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(Text page to) London 1944 As Seen by an A.R.P. Observer on the Roof of the Bank of England in the Summer of That Year.
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15270.002
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Date estimated.
Author
[United States. Post Office Department, Nicholson, W.L.2/21/20202/21/2020]
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Partial List of Post-Route Maps. July 12, 1878. (with) Letter: From: Post Office Department, W.L. Nicholson, Topographer's Office. Washington D.C. July 12, 1879. To: J.P. Chambers, Esq. General Auditor. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. New York.
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10433.002
Note
Printed list of maps and the date of the first issue. 1 page. With Letter: From: Post Office Dept. To: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. Mounted on the back of List No 10433.002, entitled "Upper Part, Post Route Map of the State of New York."
Author
[United States. Post Office Department, Nicholson, W.L.]
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Partial List of Post-Route Maps. July 12, 1878. (with) Letter: From: Post Office Department, W.L. Nicholson, Topographer's Office. Washington D.C. July 12, 1879. To: J.P. Chambers, Esq. General Auditor. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. New York.
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10433.003
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(Letter opened to page 2) Printed list of maps and the date of the first issue. 1 page. With Letter: From: Post Office Dept. To: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Co. Mounted on the back of List No 10433.002, entitled "Upper Part, Post Route Map of the State of New York."
Author
Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
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(Japanese Conquests of World War II).
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9602.003
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View of map from the side showing the front of the flags.
Author
Colton, J. H.
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Letter to Mr. G.C. Barclay from J.H. Colton dated February 26th, 1864 from New York.
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0185A
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Note concerning the use of his maps as advertisements. The letter is on company letterhead.
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Colton, G.W.
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(Letter) (Transmittal/gift letter)
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0151.002
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Transmittal/gift letter from publisher J.H. Colton to his friend Reverend Edmond Taylor of Brooklyn, New York.
Author
Colton, J. H.
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Letter to O.M. Hatch, Secretary of State for State of Illinois from J.H. Colton, dated March 30, 1861 from New York.
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0183A
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Complains of bribery by Robert Pearsall Smith. Colton claims that he has been unable to get from the State of Illinois the statistical information he needs on Illinois counties and towns and that Smith has offered to sell him the same information that Smith obtained from Washington (by "inducements" according to Colton) for an "exorbitant price." Colton refers to himself as the "oldest and most extensive publisher of Geographical and Statistical works in this country."
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Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Eric
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[Adolf Erik Nordenskiold letter of November 16, 1887 Regarding Berlinghieri's Map of France]
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15636.001
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Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Eric
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[Adolf Erik Nordenskiold letter of November 16, 1887 Regarding Berlinghieri's Map of France]
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15636.002
Author
[Williamson, R.S., Heuer, W.H.]
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(Transmittal Letter for) Report upon the Removal of Blossom Rock in San Francisco Harbor, California by R.S. Williamson, Major, Corps of Engineers, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, U.S.A. and W. H. Heuer, Lieutenant Corps of Engineers. 1870. Published by the Authority of the Secretary of War. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1871.
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2992.004
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Rand McNally and Company
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Letter from Rand McNally & Co. to The Montana Mining Co. dated Feb 21, 1899, offering the 1899 edition of the Business Atlas & Shippers' Guide.
List No
3698A
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Regarding the atlas, the letter states "we are confident you will find it a work that will give good satisfaction whenever consulted." Written across the top of the letter in hand by the recipient "ordered on Feb 25/99."
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Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871
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(Page 1 of) Letter from Sidney E. Morse to his parents dated November 14, 1821.
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5523A
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Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871
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(Pages 2-3 of) Letter from Sidney E. Morse to his parents dated November 14, 1821.
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5523B
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Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871
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(Page 4 of) Letter from Sidney E. Morse to his parents dated November 14, 1821.
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5523C
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Address of Jedidiah Morse and postmark out of Boston dated November 16, 1821.
Author
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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(Transmittal Letter for) Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc. Embraced in ninety-three quarto maps. Forming a series of one hundred and forty-seven maps and plans. Together with valuable statistical tables. Also a list of post-offices of the United States and territories, and also Census of 1880 for states, territories and counties, also of cities of over 10,000 inhabitants. Philadelphia: Wm. M. Bradley & Bro., No. 1026 Arch Street. 1886. Entered ... 188_, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Washington.
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5784B
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Transmittal from William Henry Gamble (fl. 1867-1887), Geographer, to Mrs. Emmie Johnson. Tipped into lining paper.
Author
[Bowen, William A., Brand, Stewart, California Department of Water Resources, California Governor's Office of Planning and Research, Fuller, David L., Kahrl, William L., Ryan, Donald A., Shelton, Marlyn L.]
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(Letter Insert and Title Page to) The California Water Atlas. William L. Kahrl, Project Director and Editor; William A. Bowen, Cartography Team Leader; Stewart Brand, Advisory Group Chairman; Marlyn L. Shelton, Research Team Director; David L. Fuller, Principal Cartographer; Donald A. Ryan, Principal Cartographer, Edmond G. Brown, Jr., Governor, State of California; Bill Press, Director, Office of Planning and Research; Ronald B. Robie, Director, Department of Water Resources. State of California.
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5788.003
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Inserted letter to Readers with errata, dated October 24, 1979.
Author
[James, Henry, 1803-1877, Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828-1914]
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(Letter to) Letters and note. (to accompany V.1) Account of the observations and calculations of the principal triangulation.
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6877.003
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2 manuscripts, associated with the book, with a note by Col. Sir E. James, published in Ordnance Survey. Abstracts ...
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[James, Henry, 1803-1877, Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828-1914]
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(Letter in) Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London. 1872, August 10 ... Capt. Clarke. Colonel Sir Henry James R.E. (to accompany V.1) Account of the observations and calculations of the principal triangulation.
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6877.004
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Manuscript associated with the book, reference to the introduction to the principal triangulation ...
Author
[James, Henry, 1803-1877, Clarke, Alexander Ross, 1828-1914]
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(Letter to) (4 manuscripts and text from Chamber's Journal). (to accompany V. 1) Ordnance trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland : Account of the observations and calculations of the principal triangulation ... (with) (V. 2: plates) Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey. Account of Principal Triangulation. Plates. London: Printed by George Edward Eyre, and William Spottiswoode. Printers to the Queens most excellent Majesty. 1858.
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6877.019
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4 manuscripts and text from Chamber's Journal in Volume 1.
Author
[Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, James, Henry]
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Letters: Various letters by and to Henry James, associated with the book. (to accompany) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (with) Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. Session 1856.
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6892.062
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[Soltesz, General Drafting, Inc.]
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Letter to L.M. & Jake from Belva. (to accompany) Folklore and legends of our country. Soltesz. [prepared for] ESSO Humble Oil & Refining Company. (Copyright) MCMLX (1960), General Drafting, Inc., Convent Station, N.J. (2 insets). (on verso) Road map of the United States. (Cover title) Special map of folklore and legends of our country: with a guide to the treasuries of Americana, plus a trip-planning road map of the U.S.A.
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8486.005
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Note concerning information and use of the map.
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Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
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(Covers and Text page to) (Japanese World War II Military Mail Envelope).
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9602.001
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A clever preprinted envelope for use by Japanese Imperial military, listing and illustrating the battles and victories of the Imperial forces. Printed February 1943 (Showa 18). A remarkable envelope in that as it is unfolded two sticks pop up with a string strung between them. Little paper flags hang from the string including those of Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, and Vichy France. The background is a map of the world with vignettes of battle scenes. Watermark on area reserved for writing a message reads, "Willing to keep shooting [fighting] until I die" - apparently a motto of the military. Label shows it is military mail. Text indicates where to put paste. Has the cypress figure of East Asia Messenger Army and patent application and design registration numbers.
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Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
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(Japanese Conquests of World War II).
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9602.002
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View of map from above.
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Daito Shoji (Big East Commercial Company)
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(Japanese Conquests of World War II).
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9602.004
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View of map from the side showing the versos of the flags.
Author
[Anonymous, Funk & Wagnalls Company.]
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(Text Page) Four Winds, Deer Harbor, Washington.
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9671.001
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Handwritten letter.
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Chief Superintendent, Post Office Department, Canada.
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(Letter) (Calgary to England Mail Service). To: Wm. A. Pierr, Christchurch, New Zealand. From: Chief Superintendent, Air & Land Mail Services, Post Office Department, Ottowa, Canada.
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9697.001
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Hammack, E.S.
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(Letter accompanying) "Greater!" Los Angeles and the Best of the United States as Seen through the Sun-kissed Glasses of a Los Angeleno.
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9711.001
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[LithOtype Process Company, (San Francisco Planning Commission)]
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(Half Title Page) The Following Letter ...
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9732.003
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Letter to LithOtype Process Company from San Francisco City Planning Commission.
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Wallingford, Daniel
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(Letter and Ad) From D.K. Wallingford, advertising various size prints and costs of the accompanying map.
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9774.002
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Accompanies small sample map.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
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United states of America. Southern Pacific Lines. (On verso letter) Southern Pacific Lines... Four great routes.
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9813.002
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Uncolored pictorial map of the United States, 18x25 on sheet 27.5x21, depicting Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast, Sunset Route, Golden State Route, Overland Route, and Shasta Route, following the trails of the pioneers. Shows major cities, parks. monuments, churches, Indian settlements, etc. Title at center: United States of America. With cartouche at bottom left: 'This map, done in the old style, indicates Southern Pacific's four great routes to the Pacific Coast. Following the trails of the pioneers, they are the best natural routes to the land of scenery and romance." Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative compass rose on the right corner. On verso: Letter to Mr. J.D. Augustus, concerning routing instruction.
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