Index: United States, travellers guide through. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H. / 1832

Index: United States, travellers guide through. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H. 1832

Index: United States, travellers guide through. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H. / 1832

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Full Title: (Index to) Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States. A Map Of The Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes &c. By J.H. Young. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1832. Engraved On Steel By J.H. Young And D. Haines. Entered ... 1832, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 9 inset maps). (with folded sheet) Index. Steam-boat And Canal Routes ...

Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H.

Date: 1832

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Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H.

Date: 1832

Short Title: Index: United States, travellers guide through.

Publisher: Philadelphia: S.A. Mitchell

Type: Index Page

Object Height cm: 46

Object Width cm: 56

Note: Index page affixed to the inside cover the pocket map case. Includes an index to place names, steamboat and canal routes, a statistical table of the United States, heights of the principal mountains and hills, lengths of principal rivers and lengths of principal canals.

Reference: Ristow p.304; Buck 284.

Country: United States

List No: 2088B

Series No: 2

Published In: Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States. A Map Of The Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes &c. By J.H. Young. Philadelphia. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1832. Engraved On Steel By J.H. Young And D. Haines. Entered ... 1832, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Pennsylvania. (with 9 inset maps). (with folded sheet) Index. Steam-boat And Canal Routes ...

Publication Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus ; Young, James H.

Publication Date: 1832

Publication Reference: Ristow p.304; Buck 284.

Publication Note: 1st year of issue; text on a single separate folded sheet. Folded into red leather covers with "Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States" and a decorative border in gilt. Map contains nine inset maps showing the vicinities of Cincinnati, Albany, New Orleans, Falls of Niagara, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, and Charleston. Mitchell issued a copy of this map on silk in 1832. Outline color.

Publication List No: 2088.000

Publication Type: Pocket Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 14

Publication Width cm: 9

Image No: 2088B

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