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Auction 172, Lot 144

"[On 2 Sheets] Map of the Country Embracing the Several Routes Examined with a View to a National Road from Washington to Lake Ontario", U.S. War Department

Subject: Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1829 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
17 x 37.3 inches
43.2 x 94.7 cm
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This long map, issued on two sheets, reflects the federal government's early concern for providing a viable transportation system across the country. The first sheet covers an 80-mile section from just below Washington D.C. to Athens, PA, on a scale of five miles to the inch. The various routes run through Harrisburg, Williamsport, Baltimore and Lancaster. The second sheet shows the road system north of the Susquehanna River to Lake Ontario. Both are filled with great detail of country roads, turnpikes, towns and even locates taverns and stores. Size given is for the first map, the second untitled map measures 16.8 x 28.8".

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Condition: B

Issued folding with light to moderate offsetting. The top half of both sheets is lightly toned with scattered staining.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/17/2019

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