Title: The Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Illinois Exhibiting its Internal Improvements, Road Distances, &c. Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Date: 1837 Description: Engraved map, hand-colored. 37.5x31 cm. (14¾x12¼"), folding into original leather covers lettered in gilt. Detailed, brightly colored folding pocket map of Illinois, with a table showing the population of the various counties, with the total population broken down by sex, race, slave or free (there were over twice as many free blacks as the 746 slaves); also, a table showing the steamboat routes. On the inside of the front cover is affixed a printed description of public lands in the United States and how to acquire them. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to spine and edges; map with several splits at folds but no loss, a few small brown spots, else very good. Item number: 179742
Title: The Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Illinois Exhibiting its Internal Improvements, Road Distances, &c. Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Date: 1837 Description: Engraved map, hand-colored. 37.5x31 cm. (14¾x12¼"), folding into original leather covers lettered in gilt. Detailed, brightly colored folding pocket map of Illinois, with a table showing the population of the various counties, with the total population broken down by sex, race, slave or free (there were over twice as many free blacks as the 746 slaves); also, a table showing the steamboat routes. On the inside of the front cover is affixed a printed description of public lands in the United States and how to acquire them. Lot Amendments Condition: A little rubbing to spine and edges; map with several splits at folds but no loss, a few small brown spots, else very good. Item number: 179742
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