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Special List 29: List of Selected Maps of States and Territories

Special List No. 29

Indiana

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256. Map of Indiana and Illinois Territories, compiled from the
     best authorities for Governor Edwards of the Illinois
     Territory by R. Paul, 1815. Copy by James Kearney.
     Scale not indicated. 19 x 23.5. Manuscript. Indian villages,
rivers, military posts, towns, and General Scott and Governor
Edwards traces. Filed as RG 77: US 33-2 (SF).
257. Map of Indiana Prepared by John Melish. The surveys
     furnished by Burr Bradley. Published in 1817 by John Melish.
     Improved to 1819.
     1 inch to 18 miles. 28 x 20. Annotated published. County
names and boundaries, extent of public surveys, Indian villages,
towns, and military posts. Filed as RG 77: US 33-1.
258. [Map showing Indian land cessions in Indiana. 1809-1826.]
     Scale not indicated. 14 x 13.5. Manuscript. Filed as RG 75:
Central Map File, 139.
259. Map of the States of Indiana and Ohio with Part of Michigan
     Territory. Engraved & Printed by Fenner Sears & Co. [ca.
     1830.]
     1 inch to 25 miles. 11 x 17. Published. Shown are towns,
rivers, county names and boundaries, military posts, and names of
Indian tribes in northern part of Indiana. Small scale inset map
of Cincinnati. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Indiana, 1830.
260. No. I [Map of] Indiana.
     1 inch to ca. 38 miles. 9.5 x 7. Published. Shows land
districts and locations of land offices in 1828 and 1841 and
public land offered for sale, 1828-41. 1828 land district
boundaries are shown in red. For further explanation of the map,
see S. Doc. 92, 26th Cong., 2d sess., Serial 377. (This map
without the 1828 land districts shown is filed as Indiana 2,
Published, in RG 49.) Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d sess., 15.
261. [Map of] Indiana. Entered according to Act of Congress in
     the year 1843, by Sidney B. Morse and Samuel Breese.
     1 inch to 20 miles. 18 x 14. Published. County names and
boundaries, towns, canals, railroad lines, and drainage features
are shown. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Indiana, 1843.
262. Colton's Map of the State of Indiana. Compiled from the
     United States Surveys & other Authentic Sources, Exhibiting
     Sections, Fractional Sections, Railroads, Canals &c.;
     Published by J. H. Colton . . . 1863.
     1 inch to ca. 7 miles. 39.5 x 28. Annotated published. Also
shows cities, towns, roads, and congressional districts.
Annotated to show the route of the National (Cumberland) Road
through Indiana. Filed as RG 77: P 105.
263. A Diagram of the State of Indiana. [Issued by the General
     Land Office on Oct. 2, 1866.]
     1 inch to ca. 18 miles. 19 x 11.5. Published. County
boundaries are shown in color. Shows Public surveys, county
seats, railroads, and drainage. Note on mineral resources. Filed
as RG 49: Special Published, Indiana 4.
264. Post Route Map of the States of Indiana and Ohio with
     Adjacent Parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois,
     Kentucky, West Virginia. 1870.
     1 inch to 8 miles. 2 sheets, each 40 x 29. Shows postal
routes, railroads, towns and cities, counties, and frequency of
mail delivery per week. Filed as RG 75: Central Map File, 262.
265. [Map of] Indiana. Entered according to act of Congress in
     the year 1875, by O. W. Gray & Son in the Office of the
     Librarian of Congress at Washington.
     1 inch to 12 miles. 27.5 x 18.5. Published. Shows county
names and boundaries, township names, towns and cities, railroad
lines completed and in progress, and canals. Filed as RG 77: US
373-58.
266. [Map of the] State of Indiana. . . . 1878. Compiled from the
     official Records of the General Land Office.
     1 inch to 10 miles. 33.5 x 27. Published. County boundaries
in color. Also shows names of counties, public land surveys,
towns, principal railroad stations, canals, railroad lines,
railroad land-grant limits, and physical features. Filed as RG
49: Standard Published, Indiana 1878.
267. Map of the State of Indiana Exhibiting the Lands ceded by
     the Indian Tribes to the United States. By C. C. Royce,
     Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. [ca. 1881.]
     1 inch to 10 miles. 35 x 25.5. Printed. Indian villages,
towns, military posts, rivers and streams. Indian land cessions
are numbered but not otherwise identified. Filed as RG 75:
Central Map File, 906.
268. [Map of the] State of Indiana. . . . 1886. Compiled from the
     official Records of the General Land Office . . . Drawn and
     Compiled by A. F. Dinsmore.
     1 inch to 10 miles. 32.5 x 26.5. Published. County
boundaries in color. Also shows county names, public land
surveys, towns and cities, outlines of private land claims,
boundaries of former Indian reservations, canals, proposed and
completed railroad lines, railroad land-grant limits, and swamp
and prairie lands. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Indiana,
1886.
269. [Map of the] State of Indiana . . . 1886. Compiled from the
     Official Records of the General Land Office . . . Drawn by
     M. Hendges. 
     1 inch to 12 miles. 28 x 21. Published. County boundaries in
color. Also shows county names, public land surveys, towns and
cities, outlines of private land claims, boundaries of former
Indian reservations, canals, completed and proposed railroad
lines, railroad land-grant limits, and swamp and prairie lands.
Also a black and white base map for this date. Filed as RG 49:
Standard Published, Indiana, 1886.
270. Post Route Map of the State of Indiana showing post offices
     with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation
     on the 1st of March, 1901.
     1 inch to 8 miles. 43 x 26. Published. Frequency and types
of mail service, discontinued post offices, counties, towns,
railroads, physical features, and parts of adjoining States.
Inset map of "Environs of Indianapolis." 1 inch to ca. 5 miles.
Post routes in colors to show frequency of service. Filed as RG
28: State Maps, Indiana, 1901.
271. [Map of the] State of Indiana, Compiled from the official
     Records of the General Land Office . . . 1916. . . .
     Compiled and Drawn by A. F. Dinsmore . . . Traced and
     Lettered by Thos. O. Wansleben.
     1 inch to 12 miles. 26.5 x 19. Published. County boundaries
in color. Also shows county names, public land surveys, towns and
cities, outlines of private land claims, boundaries of former
Indian reservations, areas included in Vincennes and Clark's
military grants, steam railroad lines, and electric railroad
lines. Also a black and white base map for this date. 27 x 19.5.
Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Indiana, 1916.
272. Post Route Map of the State of Indiana, showing post offices
     with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation
     on the 1st of January, 1917.
     1 inch to 8 miles. 43 x 29. Published. Frequency and types
of mail service, discontinued post offices, counties, towns,
railroads, physical features, and parts of adjoining States.
Filed as RG 28: State Maps, Indiana, 1917.
273. [Map of Indiana issued by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1917.]
     1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 20 x 14. Published. County names and
boundaries, towns and cities, township and range numbers, steam
and electric railroad lines, and drainage features. Filed as RG
57: Published State Maps, Indiana, 1917.
274. [Map of Indiana Issued by the U.S. Geological Survey in
     1919.]
     1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 20 x 14. Published. County names and
boundaries, towns and cities, township and range numbers, steam
and electric railroad lines, and drainage features. Filed as RG
57: Published State Maps, Indiana, 1919.
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