Map A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances : the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio Map of the United States exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connections & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties, ports of entry and delivery for foreign vessels, and the principal rivers


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Title
A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances : the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio
Other Title
Map of the United States exhibiting the post-roads, the situations, connections & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties, ports of entry and delivery for foreign vessels, and the principal rivers
Contributor Names
Bradley, Abraham, 1767-1838.
Harrison, William, 1774-
Barker, W. (William), active 1795-1803.
Created / Published
[Philadelphia?] : Abraham Bradley Junr., [1796?]
Subject Headings
-  United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Post roads--United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  United States
Notes
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
-  Handwritten on slip of paper affixed to map verso: "No. 154, title page of Map of United States deposited by Abm. Bradley junr. as author, Sept. 26th 1796."
-  "W. Barker, sculp. Philada."
-  Sheets joined to form 1 map.
-  LC Trails, 30
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Includes mail transportation chart and text.
-  Fold-lined, some brown coloration along folds. Some annotations in pencil.
-  Copy imperfect: Sheet sectioned vertically in half.
Medium
1 map on 4 sheets ; 88 x 94 cm., sheets 42 x 48 cm. or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3700 1796 .B72
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3700.ct001192
Library of Congress Control Number
2004633148
Online Format
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Description
Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Handwritten on slip of paper affixed to map verso: "No. 154, title page of Map of United States deposited by Abm. Bradley junr. as author, Sept. 26th 1796." "W. Barker, sculp. Philada." Sheets joined to form 1 map. LC Trails, 30 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes mail transportation chart and text. Fold-lined, some brown coloration along folds. Some annotations in pencil. Copy imperfect: Sheet sectioned vertically in half.
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Bradley, Abraham, William Harrison, and W Barker. A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley Junr., ?, 1796] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004633148/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

Bradley, A., Harrison, W. & Barker, W. (1796) A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley Junr., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2004633148/.

MLA citation style:

Bradley, Abraham, William Harrison, and W Barker. A map of the United States exhibiting post roads & distances: the first sheet comprehending the nine northern states, with parts of Virginia and the territory north of Ohio. [Philadelphia?: Abraham Bradley Junr., ?, 1796] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2004633148/>.