Road

John Triplett, , Map of a Road from Georgetown to Stevensburg

Map of a Road from Georgetown to Stevensburg

[Surface and substrata layers of Roman road construction]

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Le antichità romane / opera di Giambatista Piranesi. Roma : Nella stamperia di A. Rotilj, 1756. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western techno... more

Prospect of Saratogha [i.e. Saratoga], 1757, taken from the saw mill 1...

Title from item. Transfer; Map Division.

Plan of the attack on Fort William Henry and Ticonderoga; showing the ...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to an in. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 852. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... more

A view of the harbour & city of the Havana, taken from the hill near t...

Print showing various types of trees and shrubs, with a distant view of many ships in the harbor and of the city of Havana. Includes a numbered key showing: 1. The Cavanos; 2. The Morro; 3. Entrance of the Harb... more

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print showing a group of people resting or having a picnic, with distant view of the harbor and city of Havana. Title from item. Trimmed within plate mark.

A view of the city of the Havana, taken from the road near Colonel How...

Print shows distant view of Havana, Cuba, with the bay on the left, and a roadway past the battery and a palm tree in the foreground.

A plan of a survey made to explore the country for a road between Conn...

Scale ca. 1:125,000. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Has watermark. Includes descriptive text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 623 Available also through the Library of Congres... more

A plan of the town and harbour of Boston and the country adjacent with...

Sketch of the road from Black Horse to Crosswick. Sketch of Allen's To...

Scale ca. 1:26,000; 800 paces to the in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1259 Available also through the Library of Congress... more

Sketch of Haddonfield. Sketch of the road from Penny Hill to Black Hor...

Scale ca. 1:36,000 (not 800 paces to an inch.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1257 Available also through the Library of C... more

Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...

Scale ca. 1:12,000; 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. No. 9 shows positions of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. Accompanied by ... more

Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...

Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to an in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. "No. 10." LC Map... more

Skecth [sic] of the road from Kings Bridge to White Plains.

Sketch of part of the road from Freehold to Middle Town shewing the sk...

Scale ca. 1:15,500 (not 800 paces to the in.). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows position of grenadiers and guns before and after the action. LC Maps of Nort... more

Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge.

Scale ca. 1:24,000; 800 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Authorship attributed to B. Mo... more

Sketch of the road from Black Horse to Crosswick,

Scale ca. 1:26,000 and ca. 1:16,000; 800 paces to an in. (not 400 paces to an in.) and 400 paces to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North Ameri... more

Plan of the road from Elizabeth Town Point to Elizabeth Town : shewing...

A plan of Paulus Hook with the road to Bergen and parts adjacent in th...

Scale ca. 1:4,500. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Also shows locations of rebel works in ruins. Authorship attributed to B. Mo... more

Sketch of the road from Fredericksburg to Norfolk in Virginia.

Not drawn to scale. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1446 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

A Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city ...

Scale ca. 1:650. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn. Cadastral map. Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1... more

View from Bushongo Tavern 5 miles from York Town on the Baltimore Road

View upon the road from New-Windsor, towards, Morris Town, Jersey

Print shows a tree stump in the foreground, a man tending a cow on the roadway, and a farm in the background, along the road from New Windsor, New York, to Morristown, New Jersey. Title from item. Illus. in: Th... more

[One-point perspective sketches of structure, road, and trees, with sh...

Four sketches. Church interior elevation and section with galleries and vaulted ceiling on verso. M.I.T. no. A-d-12. Drawing not signed; attribution based on handwriting and drawing style. From the Massachusett... more

Affair of the Wmsbg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28/64 /

Plat of land lying between road to Benning's Bridge & Cool Spring Road...

Geographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illin...

Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached t... more

Lane from Road Street, Georgetown, to Barnards house and lands binding...

Cadastral survey map showing landowners' names. Relief shown by hachures. Title from verso. Alternate title at upper right: Barnard & others. Pen-and-ink and lead pencil. Soiled and mounted on cloth backing. In... more

For sale, an agreeable, convenient, and valuable country seat, situate...

Signed: E. C. Genet. Jamaica, Dec. 20, 1802. (Removed from the Genet Papers).; On verso: 315842 4 F 65. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as ful... more

Valuable lots of ground for sale, contiguous to the town of Alexandria...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 181, Folder 12. Copy... more

[Man on horseback on road]

Title from finding aid. Watercolor sketch in top right corner. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

On the Rockfort Road

Drawing shows two people carrying large bundles on their heads and walking on a road alongside the sea. Title from finding aid. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC ... more

Take notice. The trustees of Point Pleasant Market, take this method t...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 152, Folder 12.

Home industry, the most direct road to national prosperity. [183-?].

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 45.

Map of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Balt....

Map of Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Md, showing drainage, roads, and important place names. [From published bibliography]

Map of the location of part of the North-Western Turnpike Road /

Shows road from Winchester westward to the Cheat River in Preston County, West Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. "This copy made by Fr. Koch, Richmond, Va. Jan. 27th 1862." Pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor ... more

Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road.

Detailed map of part of Pennsylvania between Sharp Mountain and the Susquehanna River showing roads, drainage, and relief by hachures along the survey route. Shows the east and west branches of the Mount Carbon... more

Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac...

Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes su... more

Map and profile of the proposed road from opposite Memphis, Tenn. to t...

Relief shown in hachures. "Level of the Mississippi River May 7th, 1833, nearly low water." From map in U.S. House Doc. no. 83, 23rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1834-1835, vol. 3. LC Trails, 243 The route is shown b... more

A map exhibiting the position of two lines located with a view to the ...

Partial cadastral map showing block numbers. Facsimile. Original version: Washington : Surveyors Office, 1835. Includes text, attestors' names, and illegible seal. LC copy 1 fold-lined. LC copy 2 halved and mou... more

Rail road celebration, November 18th 1835. [Norwich, 1835].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 7, Folder 19.

A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which w...

Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.

A map of part of Alabama & Florida, showing the route of the proposed ...

Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage. Scale ca. 1:800,000. At head of title: No. 1. From Letter from the Secretary of War. LC Railroad maps, 388 Description de... more

Sir. You are hereby requested to attend a special meeting of the stock...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 56, Folder 25a.

Map and profile of the Gettysburg Rail Road as surveyed by order of th...

Survey map and profile of part of Pennsylvania and Maryland from Gettysburg to the Potomac River. Shows relief by hachures along the line, creeks, roads, cities and towns. Chartered on January 9, 1838; construc... more

Pocket book lost!! The subscriber lost in the City of Alton, or on the...

A map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad conne...

Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" ... more

$10 reward! lost, either in Alton City, or on the road between this pl...

Reward.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 20.

Lost money!! Lost, on Monday last either in the City of Alton, or on t...

Reward.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 16, Folder 32.

[Farmer with scythe walking down road after livestock]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1941:0074). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Map exhibiting that portion of the State of Pennsylvania traversed by ...

Map shows drainage, county boundaries, cities, roads, and canals. Lines of surveys and railroads in operation are indicated by different colors. [From published bibliography] Scale 1:380,160; 6 miles to an in. ... more

Plan showing the proposed entrance into Boston of the Fitchburg Rail R...

Street map of part of Boston showing the railroad yards and the passenger depot. Chartered on March 3, 1842. Scale 1:24,000. At the upper right of the plan is the "Proposed Plan of Depot of Granite. Front View ... more

A hard road to hoe! Or, the White House Turnpike, macadamized by the ...

A crude satire on the obstacles facing Van Buren's reelection effort in 1840. Weighed down by a large bundle labeled "Sub Treasury," Van Buren follows the lead of Andrew Jackson toward the White House. His wa... more

Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing t...

Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio. Scale 1:316,800. LC Railroad maps, 335 Description derived from publish... more

Child lost. Samuel Bender left his home on Thursday, the 13th inst., a...

Colored individuals along the road side

Drawing shows an African American slave woman leaning against a split rail fence along with three children. She says, "Oh I so glad you come, 'massa says he wish you were in da bottom of the sea--but you ain't ... more

The road to the holy cross: le chemis de la tres ste. croix

Map of rail road surveys from Worcester to Baldwinville & N.H. line.

Map of northern half of Worcester County, Mass., showing drainage, cities, and townships. Shows beginning of survey north of Worcester and the survey for part of the Winchendon branch of the Fitchburg Railroad.... more

Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, ...

General map showing drainage, cities, towns, state and county boundaries. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. LC Railroad maps, 100 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Cong... more

Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylva...

Physical map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, spot heights in feet, state boundaries, canals, cities and towns. Finished and proposed railroads with names of li... more

Map of the United States of America to accompany Doggett's Rail Road G...

"The working lines of railroad are shown in color." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. Includes inset "Map of Oregon, California &c.". LC copy imperfect: foldlined, darkened along folds, lacking low... more

Map of the Boston & Woonsocket rail road routes compiled from the stat...

Map of eastern Massachusetts showing drainage, place names, and township lines. [From published bibliography]

Map and profile of the proposed Paterson and Dover Rail Road and Pater...

Map of northern New Jersey from Jersey City to Andover. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, cities & towns, roads, iron works, forges, mines and mills. The Paterson and Ramapo was chartered March 10, 1841. Scal... more

Map of rail road routes from Rouse's Point to Portsmouth and Boston; c...

Map shows Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Includes a table of distances and indicates "constructed & completed" and "contemplated & chartered" railroads. The Cocheco line was chartered on July 2, 184... more

Map exhibiting the rail road, canal, lake, and river routes from New Y...

Covers New York State and New England (west of Portland, Me.). Also shows railroads completed, under construction, chartered, and/or planned. Does not contain statement of attribution. Relief shown by hachures.... more

Road map of the island of Rhode Island or Aquidneck /

Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of Newport. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the emigrant road from Independence Mo. to St. Francisco, Calif...

The star of the road

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6110

Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches & connecting roads, ...

Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad i... more

Map of Terre Haute and Richmond Rail Road and connecting lines.

Outline map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing the rail network. Chartered in 1847. In 1865 name changed to the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad. Scale ca. 1:1,625,000. LC Railroad... more

Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...

Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... more

Map of the Portland and Ogdensburg Rail Road line, and connections.

Map of parts of New England and New York showing the railroad network and the progress of track construction along the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad line. A reference table in the upper left of the map provi... more

Map of the Reading & Columbia Rail Road connecting New York via the Je...

Sketch map of eastern Pennsylvania and northern Maryland indicating the railroad network and the connections with the coal fields. Shows major drainage, cities and towns, and four main coal field areas. Scale c... more

Map showing the coal & timber lands of the Allegheny Rail Road & Coal ...

Outline map of eastern Pennsylvania and part of New Jersey showing relief by hachures, drainage, coal, timber, major cities, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Railroad maps, 318 Description derived from pu... more

Map of Peru and Indianapolis Rail Road with connections.

Outline map with colored state boundaries of the northeastern and north-central United States indicating larger cities. Shows "finished," "in progress of construction," and "contemplated" railroads. Chartered i... more

Emigrant party on the road to California

Wagon train of women, men, and children, moving through the mountains. Illus. in: California: its past history; its present position; its future prospects. London : The proprietors, 1850, frontispiece. Publishe... more

Map of the Evansville and Crawfordsville Rail Road with its connection...

Map of northeastern and north-central United States showing drainage, county boundaries, larger cities, and the completed and proposed railroad network. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 405 Description ... more

Map of the Rabun Gap Rail Road route showing its connection with other...

Outline map of the southern United States showing the railroad network. The Rabun Gap system is shown in red. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 542 Description derived from published bibliography. Availa... more

Map of the Sunbury and Erie Rail Road and its connections.

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States overprinted in red to show the railroad network. Chartered April 3, 1837. See entry 573. Scale ca. 1:1,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 571 Description ... more

Map & profile of the location of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road from C...

Topographical map of part of the middle Atlantic region showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, turnpikes, railroads in operation, final location of lines, surveyed lines, and r... more

Map of the Western Vermont Rail Road and connecting lines, Wm. B. Gilb...

Map of western New England showing drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, and cities and towns. Chartered in 1845. Scale ca. 1:540,000. At left of map: "Rail road distances, length of Wester... more

General map of the Orange & Alexandria Rail Road and its connections n...

Outline map of the southeastern United States showing major drainage and important cities. "Directions and route to New Orleans and Memphis" are listed below the map title. Chartered March 22, 1848. Opened to G... more

Map of the rail road surveys between Hillsborough & Chillicothe. Execu...

Map of part of Ohio indicating the located and explored railroad lines along the Milford and Chillicothe Turnpike. Shows "Air Lines computed by C. D. Jaques Esqr. C. E. from Hillsborough to Chillicothe." [From ... more

Route of the Pacific and Atlantic Rail Road between San Francisco, & S...

Map of the coast between San Francisco and San Jose showing roads, property owners, streams, and relief by hachures.

Map representing the route of the Philada. & Erie Rail Road its connec...

Detailed map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, state boundaries, county boundaries in Pennsylvania, and major cities. Canals and railroads are annotated... more

Map of the Philadelphia, Easton & Water Gap Rail Road.

Outline map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network. Chartered April 8, 1852. Name changed to North Pennsylvania Rail Road. See entry 496. [From published ... more

Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Vi...

Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC Railroad maps, 81 Description derived from published bibliography. Annotations added in pencil and colored inks to indicate "Railroads tending to Richmond, Norfolk Alexandria and Baltimo... more

A map showing the rail road connection between Pottsville & Sunbury th...

Detailed map of the area between Schuylkill Haven and Northumberland, Pa., showing drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, coal fields, canals, and railroads. Scale 1:84,480. LC Railroad maps, 292 Descr... more

Map and profile of the Sunbury route Susqua. Rail Road from the termin...

Map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing the railroad network, cities, towns, railroad stations, canals, and coal fields. Scale ca. 1:950,000. Across bottom of map: "Profile from Harrisburg to E... more

Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection between t...

Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Tables at lower left of map list "Counties bordering on the Central R... more

The North Pennsylvania Rail Road and its connections, Octr. 1853.

Outline map of the eastern Great Lakes, east to Philadelphia and New York City, showing the east Pennsylvania coal fields. Chartered April 8, 1852, under Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad. See entry 5... more

Proposed route for a rail road from Copper Harbor, to Fond Du Lac, Win...

Outline map centered on Green Bay showing the area between Detroit, Mich. and Fond du Lac, Wis. Contemplated and proposed railroad routes are shown. Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. From Proceedings and Report of a Meeti... more

Sketch showing the route of the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western...

Rough outline map of the southwestern United States showing major rivers and few important cities. Scale 1:3,041,280. Relief shown by hachures. Across top of map: "Distance from New Orleans to the Pacific 1600 ... more

Map of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail Road as located by W. Strickl...

Scale ca. 1:220,000. Hand colored. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes "Distance" table. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 490/1; 650/2; 700/1; 700/2

Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...

Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... more

Map of a part of the State of Louisiana exhibiting the route of the Ne...

Mississippi delta area shows drainage, sugar crop, parishes, major cities and towns, canals, and railroads with lines named and distances on the main line. This railroad was opened for first 50 miles on March 6... more

Map of the Cleveland and Mahoning Rail Road and its connections, Edwar...

Sketch map of the north-central and middle Atlantic states showing the railroad network, major cities, rivers, and state boundaries. Tables of distances appear on both sides of title. Chartered on February 22, ... more

Experimental survey for the Eastern Shore Rail Road, Maryland, drawn b...

Survey map along route of line covering strip of land in Maryland from Elk Landing to Tangier Sound. Shows streams, fields, land owners, roads, and the "lines run with compass & level, Lines run with compass." ... more

Map of the Philadelphia & Baltimore Rail Road as located by W. Strickl...

Map of an area between Philadelphia and Baltimore showing drainage, cities and towns, post roads, and boundaries. Chartered in Maryland in May, 1852. [From published bibliography]. Oriented with north toward th... more

The road,--summer

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5606