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Auction 163, Lot 134

"Colton's United States Shewing the Military Stations Forts &c. ", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Subject: Eastern United States, Civil War

Period: 1861 (dated)

Publication: Victor's History of the Southern Rebellion

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 14.6 inches
43.9 x 37.1 cm
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This unusual, Civil War period map covers the United States east of the 105th meridian, including Dakota Territory, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, and most of Texas. The map exhibits interesting details: the Pony Express Route, railroads, U.S. Mail routes and other important roads together with numerous forts. This 1861 edition misspells the state of Colorado as Colorada, which was corrected in the 1862 edition. Four tiny ships sailing in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico symbolize the Union blockade of the Confederacy. Printed on thin banknote-style paper.

References: Phillips (Maps) p. 909.

Condition: B+

Issued folding with several extraneous creases and two short fold separations that have been closed with archival tape on verso. There is light soiling and a binding trim at left, well away from the image.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $140

Closed on 6/14/2017

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