Special List 29: Pennsylvania
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No. 29
Pennsylvania
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728. A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pensilvania [sic] in America,
Divided into Countyes, Townships and Lotts Surveyed by Tho:
Holme. [1681]
1 inch to ca. 3 miles. 21½ x 26. Published. Shows Bucks,
Philadelphia, and Chester Counties with portion of Newcastle
County and Manor of Rockland. Counties shown in color. Names of
"inhabitants" are listed. Inset plan of Philadelphia. See entry
740. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1681 (SF).
729. To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esqrs. . . .
This map of the improved Part of the Province of
Pennsylvania Is humbly dedicated by Nicholas Scull . . .
Engraved by Jas. Turner, and Printed by John Davis, for the
Author. Published . . . Jan. 1st, 1759.
1 inch to ca. 4 miles. 2 sections, each 34 x 31. Published.
Map includes Pennsylvania from the eastern boundary north to
Wyoming in Luzerne County and west to about 75 miles west of
Shippensburg in Cumberland County. Shows counties, names of town-
ships, settlements, roads, forges, furnaces, forts, mills,
churches, Indian villages, and names of some residents. Filed as
Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1759.
730. To the Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires . .
. This Map of the Province of Pennsylvania Is humbly
dedicated by . . . W Scull . . . Henry Dawkins, Sculp. . . .
Philadelphia, Printed by James Nevil for the Author, April
4th, 1770.
1 inch to 10 miles. 23½ x 34. Published. Most detail shown
in southeastern part of the State, though area covered extends as
far west as Fort Pitt. Counties (boundaries in color),
settlements, roads, forts, furnaces, mines, and names of some
residents. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1770.
731. A Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only The Improved Parts
of that Province, but also Its Extensive Frontiers: Laid
down From Actual Surveys and Chiefly From the late Map of W.
Scull, Published in 1770; And Humbly Inscribed to the
Honourable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, True and
Absolute Proprietaries & Governors of the Province of
Pennsylvania And the Territories thereunto belonging.
[1777.]
1 inch to ca. 7 miles. 28½ x 49. Most detail shown in
southeastern Pennsylvania, although area covered extends as far
west as Pittsburgh. Names and boundaries of existing counties,
trails, settlements, forts, mills, township names, churches,
meeting-houses, physical features, and names of a few residents.
Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1777.
732. A Map of the State of Pennsylvania, By Reading Howell,
MDCCXCII. . . . Published 1 August 1792, for the Author, &
Sold by James Phillips . . . London.
1 inch to 5 miles. 4 sections, each 22 x 32½. Published.
Counties (in color), townships, towns, Indian villages,
surveyors' districts, bridle paths, houses of worship, furnaces,
forges, mills, roads, Indian paths, mineral deposits, physical
features, and houses and names of residents. Map includes small
portions of adjoining States. Map is inscribed to Governor Thomas
Mifflin and to the Senate and House of Representatives of
Pennsylvania. See entry 733. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania,
1792 (SF).
733. A Map of the State of Pennsylvania, By Reading Howell.
MDCCXCII.
1 inch to 5 miles. 2 sections, each 40½ x 33. Published.
Counties (boundaries in color), townships, surveyors' districts,
Indian villages, forts, bridle paths, churches, furnaces, forges,
mills, roads, Indian paths, mineral deposits, houses, names of
some residents, and physical features. Map is inscribed to
Governor Thomas Mifflin and to the Senate and House of
Representatives of Pennsylvania. See entry 732. Filed as Ref.
Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1792.
734. A Map Exhibiting a General View of the Roads and Inland
Navigation of Pennsylvania, and Part of the Adjacent States.
Respectfully inscribed to Thomas Mifflin, Governor, and the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: by
John Adlum, and John Wallis. [ca. 1792-5.]
1 inch to ca. 11 miles. 34 x 36½. Annotated published. Also
shows settlements, forts, and physical features. Annotated to
show additional roads and information about them. Inset
illustrations of canal locks. Filed as RG 77: E 46.
735. A Map of the State of Pennsylvania By Reading Howell . . .
1817, Published by Kimber & Sharpless for Emmor Kimber.
1 inch to 10 miles. 23½ x 35½. Counties (boundaries in
color), townships, towns, roads, churches, mineral deposits,
physical features, and "Line limiting the purchase made of the
Indians, November 1768." Map is inscribed to the Governor and
Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Map includes
small portions of Maryland and Delaware. Filed as RG 77: US 10-2.
736. Map of Pennsylvania, Constructed from the County Surveys
authorized by the State; and other original Documents, by
John Melish. Engraved by B. Tanner. [1822.]
1 inch to 5 miles. 4 sections, each 26 x 38. Map shows
counties (in color), townships, towns, roads, "Heads of Canoe
Navigation" (and Boat Navigation), factories, mills, furnaces and
forges, mineral deposits, churches, post offices, and physical
features. Map includes parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware, and Virginia. Statistical table lists population, area,
and other information concerning individual counties. Filed as RG
77: US 36.
737. Map of Pennsylvania, Constructed from the County Surveys
authorized by the State; and other original documents, by
John Melish. Engraved by B. Tanner. Corrected and Improved
to 1832 . . . Published by B. Tanner.
1 inch to 5 miles. 4 sections, each 26½ x 38. Counties (in
color), townships, towns, roads, "Heads of Canoe Navigation" (and
Boat Navigation), factories, mills, furnaces and forges, mineral
deposits, churches, post offices, canals, railroads, and physical
features. Map includes parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
Delaware, and Virginia. Statistical table lists population, area,
and other information concerning individual counties. Filed as RG
77: US 65.
738. Map of the State of Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. London.
Published March 15, 1832, by Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall.
Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears & Co.
1 inch to ca. 35 miles. 11 x 16½. Published. Counties,
settlements, roads, railroad, and physical features. Inset plan
of Philadelphia. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1832.
739. [Map of] Pennsylvania . . . Entered according to Act of
Congress in the year 1843, by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel
Breese in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New
York.
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 14 x 18. Published. Counties,
townships, major towns, railroads, canals, slack-water
navigation, and physical features. Inset map of Philadelphia,
Montgomery, and Delaware Counties and map of "Coal Region." Filed
as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1843.
740. A Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania
in America. . . . Fac-simile of Holmes-Map of the Province
of Pennsylvania with the names of the original purchasers
from William Penn. Begun in 1681. Reproduced from the
original in the Philadelphia Library by the Anastatic
Process. 200 copies only printed. Published at the anastatic
printing office . . . and by Lloyd P. Smith. Philadelphia,
1846.
1 inch to 1 mile. 2 sections, 34½ x 29½ and 34½ x 29.
Published. Inset plan of Philadelphia. See entry 728. Filed as
Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania, 1846.
741. Post Route Map of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland, and of the District of Columbia with
adjacent parts of New York, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia
. . . by W. L. Nicholson, Topographer of P.O. Dep't., 1869.
. . . Engraved by D. McClelland . . . Drawn by C. H. Poole .
. . [Revised] up to date of November 1st, 1869.
1 inch to 6 miles. 4 sections, each 30 x 34½. State
boundaries in color. Frequency and types of mail service,
mileages between post offices, counties, towns, and railroads.
Post routes shown in color to illustrate number of deliveries per
week. Tables list statistical information. Note states
"Presentation copy. Recd. Jany. 1870." Inset map showing postal
service on Delmarva Peninsula and connections with the mainland
of Virginia and the eastern shore of Maryland. Scale 1 inch to 10
miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 1.
742. Post Route Map of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland, and of the District of Columbia with
adjacent parts of New York, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia
. . . by W. L. Nicholson, Topographer of P.O. Dept., 1869. .
. . Engraved by D. McClelland . . . Drawn by C. H. Poole . .
. [Revised] up to date of Feby. 1, 1873.
1 inch to 6 miles. 4 sections each 28 x 32. Frequency and
types of mail service, mileages between post offices, counties,
towns, and railroads. Post routes shown in color to illustrate
frequency of service. Tables list statistical information. Inset
map showing postal service on Delmarva Peninsula and connection
with the mainland of Virginia and the eastern shore of Maryland.
Scale 1 inch to 10 miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder
3.
743. Post Route Map of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland, and of the District of Columbia with
adjacent parts of New York, Ohio, Virginia and West
Virginia. Showing post offices, with the intermediate
distances between them and mail routes in operation on 1st,
August 1883 . . . under direction of C. Roeser Jr.,
Topographer of P.O. Dept., 1883 . . . Engraved by D.
McClelland.
1 inch to 6 miles. 4 sections, each 28 x 32. Frequency and
types of mail service, mileages between post offices, counties,
towns, and railroads. Post routes shown in color to illustrate
frequency of service. Table lists distances between major eastern
cities. Inset map of "City of Pittsburgh and Environs." Scale 1
inch to ca. 3 miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 5.
744. Post Route Map of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland, and of the District of Columbia with
adjacent parts of New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West
Virginia showing post offices with the intermediate
distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of April,
1885. Published . . . under the direction of W. L.
Nicholson, Topographer, P.O. Dept. [Corrected to June 1,
1885.]
1 inch to 6 miles. 4 sections, each 30 x 34. Published.
Frequency and types of mail service, mileages between post
offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns, railroads,
and physical features. Post routes in color to show frequency of
service. Inset map of "City of Pittsburgh and Environs" at a
scale of 1 inch to 3 miles. Inset map showing "Postal Service of
the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland and connections with
Norfolk and with the lower peninsula of Virginia." Scale 1 inch
to 10 miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 15.
745. Post Route Map of the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Delaware, and Maryland, and of the District of Columbia with
adjacent parts of New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West
Virginia showing post offices with the intermediate
distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of April
1885. Published . . . under the direction of W. L.
Nicholson, Topographer, P.O. Dept. [Corrected to Dec. 1,
1885.]
1 inch to 6 miles. 2 sections, each 31½ x 55. Published.
Basic information same as that shown on entry 744. Filed as RG
28: Regional Maps, Folder 15 (0S).
746. Rail Road Map of Pennsylvania, Published by the Bureau of
Railways of the Department of Internal Affairs of
Pennsylvania, 1897. Drawn and compiled by J. Sutton Wall,
Chief Draughtsman.
1 inch to 6 miles. 39 x 58. Published. Also shows counties
(in color), cities and towns, and drainage features. Railroad
systems are shown in color. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Pennsylvania,
1897.
747. Post Route Map of the State of Pennsylvania showing post
offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in
operation on the 1st of March, 1901.
1 inch to 5 miles. 4 sections, each approximately 20½ x 36.
Published. Frequency and types of mail service, discontinued post
offices, counties, towns, railroads, physical features, and parts
of adjoining States. Post routes in color to show frequency of
service. Inset map of the "Environs of Philadelphia." Scale 1
inch to ca. 3 miles. Filed as RG 28: State Maps, Pennsylvania,
1901.
748. [Map of Pennsylvania issued by the U.S. Geological Survey,
1916.]
1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 18 x 25. Published. County names and
boundaries, towns and cities, steam and electric railroad lines,
and drainage features. Filed as RG 57: Published State Maps,
Pennsylvania, 1916.
See also entry 562 in New Jersey.
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