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English: Map of the United States exhibiting post-roads, the situations, connections & distances of the post-offices, stage roads, counties, ports of entry and delivery for foreign vessels, and the principal rivers; scale [ca. 1:2,400,000]; Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Handwritten on slip of paper affixed to map verso: "No. 154, title page of Map of United States deposited by Abm. Bradley junr. as author, Sept. 26th 1796." "W. Barker, sculp. Philad." Sheets joined to form 1 map. Includes mail transportation chart and text. Fold-lined, some brown coloration along folds. Some annotations in pencil. Copy imperfect: Sheet sectioned vertically in half.
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Source Library of Congress digital collection: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3700+ct001192))
Author Abraham Bradley, Jr.

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