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Title: Map of the United States, showing by color the Area of Freedom and Slavery, and the Territories whose Destiny is yet to be decided New York
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893, cartographer
Contributor: Elliott, G. W
Date Created and/or Issued: 1856
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: A map with statistics in the surround published just before the Civil War. Vignettes: Portraits of Fremont and Wm. L. Dayton. Statistical tables. "Exhibiting also the Missouri Compromise Line and the routes of Colonel Fremont in his famous explorations, with important statistics of the free and slave States." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by J. H. Colton in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the southern district of New York." Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.
Extent: 1 map ; hand col. ; 37 x 62 cm., sheet 79 x 72 cm.
Identifier: 152132
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1921
Language: English
Time Period: 1856
Place: North America
United States
W 125°
W 60°/N 50°
N 24°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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