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Title: Stanford's map of the seat of the war in America
Contributor: Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner
Date Created and/or Issued: 1861-08-21
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: Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2480 l Stanford, Edward, publisher. Stanford's Map of the Seat of the War in America. London, Edward Stanford, 1861. 1 sheet. [see p.]."MS notes at top of sheet give a date and identify one former owner of the map as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Rifle Brigade, though it does not say which one. Publishers' advertisement pasted to verso. MS notes: N.W. Fyns(?) Lieut. Coll. Rifle Brigade. Lent this map Aug. 31st 1862.. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: N. America Civil War 1862 RB 11489,n p maps Stanford 1861. Stamps: Kensington Public Libraries..
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map hand col. 68 x 56 cm., sheet 72 x 60 cm.
Identifier: 623654
391665
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/7178
Language: English
Subject: New England--Maps
Time Period: 1861
Place: North America United States Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware Ohio. . Canada Ontario
W 84°
W 74°/N 46°
N 36°
Source: Huntington Rare Books, Sir Richard Francis Burton Map Collection
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: From the library of Sir Richard Francis Burton.

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