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![Map showing the location of railroads, canals, navigation projects and public institutions in which the Commonwealth of Virginia had invested money as of date January 1st. 1861 : as traced from an official map in the possession of the Virginia State Library entittled [sic] "A map of the State of Virginia reduced from the Nine Sheet Map of the State in conformity to law by Herman Boye, 1828, corrected by order of the Executive 1859 by L.v. Buckholtz" : together with the division line later established between Virginia and West Virginia and additional extensions made from completion of map until January 1st, 1861.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvbWFwLXNob3dpbmctdGhlLWxvY2F0aW9uLW9mLXJhaWxyb2Fkcy1jYW5hbHMtbmF2aWdhdGlvbi1wcm9qZWN0cy1hbmQtcHVibGljLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Map showing the location of railroads, canals, navigation projects and public institutions in which the Commonwealth of Virginia had invested money as of date January 1st. 1861 : as traced from an official map in the possession of the Virginia State Library entittled [sic] \"A map of the State of Virginia reduced from the Nine Sheet Map of the State in conformity to law by Herman Boye, 1828, corrected by order of the Executive 1859 by L.v. Buckholtz\" : together with the division line later established between Virginia and West Virginia and additional extensions made from completion of map until January 1st, 1861.")
A map of the state of Virginia : reduced from the nine sheet map of the state in conformity to law /
Summary
Covers also Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania.
Relief shown by hachures.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, the 31st day of October 1827 by W.B. Giles, Governor of the State of Virginia."
Prime meridian: Washington.
Issued in blue slipcase designed for this map.
Annotations of place names on map area in ink (red and black) and pencil.
Handwritten annotations on pages [2] and [3] of cover: To Rev. C. Braxton Bryan, given me at the Council that met in Fredericksburg in May-21-24 1879, C.B.B; and This map was the propriety of John Randolph, Roanoke, Virginia.
Includes text and tables: References -- Deviation of the Magnetic Needle from the True Meridian -- Memoranda -- Geological Remarks --Situation, Extent, etc. -- Table of Population -- Statistical Table -- Geographical Positions -- Steam Boat Routes -- Altitudes of Mountains &c. in Virginia above Tide water.
In pencil on verso: 23598.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copy imperfect: Discoloration, use-worn, missing small internal sections along cut-lines, stained, minor repairs along fold-lines and foxed.
Gift; William C. Wooldridge and Norfolk Southern Corporation; Jan. 19, 2013
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