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Title: Gunn's new map of Kansas and the gold mines embracing all the public surveys up to the 6th principal meridian / compiled from the original field notes by O.B. Gunn, Wyandott, K.T
Creator: Gunn, Otis. B., cartographer
Contributor: Schuchman, William, b. 1823 or 4, publisher
Burnett, Ward B. (Ward Benjamin), 1811-1884
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: "I take great pleasure in commending this map compiled by O. B. Gunn Esqr. to the Public use as an accurate delineation of the Surveyed portions of the Territory of Kansas to this date. - I have reason to believe also that the Towns and Roads are correctly located theron, in as much as the Town sites were obtained by him from the entries at the various Land Offices and the Roads from the proper Authorities. Ward B. Burnett, Surveyor General Kansas and Nebraska. January 10, 1859." In a submap, Kansas is shown extending into present day Colorado to include the "Kansas Gold Mines." Submap: Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines. MS note: 35302. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Sections. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 65 x 70 cm., sheet 69 x 75 cm.
Identifier: 35302
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10615
Language: English
Subject: Kansas--Maps
Time Period: 1859
Place: North America
United States
Kansas
Colorado
W 106°
W 94°/N 40°
N 36°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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