The Washington Map Of The United States. By the Superintendent U.S. National Observatory, Washington D.C. 1862. S. Taintor & Co. Rochester, New York & Philadelphia, Pa. Publishers. Holmes, Harrison & Co. London. Entered . 1861 by Robert P. Smith . Pennsylvania. Printed by T.S. Wagner, 38 Hudson St. Phila. (with 6 inset maps and 3 profiles).

Also published by Holmes Harrison & Co., London. Many changes from the 1861 edition in the west indicate that the 1861 edition was hurriedly put out without filling in all the topography. Under the title is a listing of the Slave States with the Note: "The States Marked thus * Claim to have...

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Main Author: Smith, Robert P.; Taintor, S. & Co.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1862
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Summary:Also published by Holmes Harrison & Co., London. Many changes from the 1861 edition in the west indicate that the 1861 edition was hurriedly put out without filling in all the topography. Under the title is a listing of the Slave States with the Note: "The States Marked thus * Claim to have seceded from the United States." Loss in the top four inches of the map, rebacked. Printed by T.P. Wagner, Philadelphia, who may have added the topographical information. This is the third Smith edition, after the 1861 and the early 1862. With black top and bottom rollers. The United States is panted in full color by county; Mexico by state. Shows settlements, transportation routes, and county boundaries. Tables of distances, and state sizes, date of admission, miles of railroads and population. Breakdown of churches by denominations. Time differences table. Ornate margins with vignettes of presidents. 1860 census by county and cities. Inset maps include geology, climate, wildlife, food crops, plants and trees, and world hemispheres. Includes topographic profiles of the United States and the North Atlantic. See note field above. Phillips Maps p911, Karrow 1-1641.