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Colton's plans of U. S. harbors showing the position & vicinities of the most important fortifications on the sea-board and in the interior From U. S. surveys and other authentic sources. Printed by Lang & Laing, New York.

Colton, J. H. 1800-1893. (Joseph Hutchins),

CREATED/PUBLISHED
New York J. H. Colton 1862.

NOTES
Various scales.

Reference: LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 26

"No. 5" in upper left margin.

23 maps on one sheet as follows: The Mississippi River from Cairo to New Orleans. 49 x 14 cm.-St. Louis and vicinity. 11 x 10 cm.-Cairo and vicinity. 11 x 10 cm.-Memphis and vicinity. 11 x 8 cm.-Ft. Smith and vicinity. 8 x 10 cm-Fernandina [Florida] and vicinity. 8 x 9 cm.-Louisville and vicinity. 8 x 8 cm.-Washington, D. C. & vicinity. 19 x 13 cm.-New York and vicinity. 19 x 11 cm.-Washington, Manassas Junction, Harpers Ferry, Baltimore, Annapolis &c. &c. 16 x 20 cm.-Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, James River, Richmond, Petersburgh [sic]; &c. &c. 20 x 19 cm.-Savannah and vicinity. 10 x 17 cm.-Mobile harbor, Alabama. 14 x 9 cm.-New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana. 17 x 16 cm.-Charleston harbor and its approaches, S. Carolina. 14 x 14 cm.-Plan of Ft. Sumter. 5 x 4 cm.-Hampton Roads and Norfolk har., Virginia. 14 x 11 cm.-Beaufort and vicinity, N. Carolina. 8 x 9 cm.-Key West and Tortugas, Florida Reefs. 6 x 17 cm.-Galveston and vicinity, Texas. 7 x 9 cm.-Vicinity of the Rio Grande. 6 x 8 cm.-Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida. 13 x 16 cm.-Wilmington and vicinity, N. Carolina. 13 x 10 cm.

Description derived from published bibliography.

SUBJECTS
Harbors--United States--Maps.
United States.

MEDIUM
23 maps col. on sheet 50 x 79 cm. Cut and mounted to fold to approximately 17 x 12 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3701.P55 1862 .C6 CW 26

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650

DIGITAL ID
g3701p cw0026000 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701p.cw0026000

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