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Origin and Distribution of United States Soils



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    Sketch indicating a distribution of the territorial domain of the United States into districts favorable to the operations of parties prosecuting general government surveys

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    Table of population and area from 1870 census. "Seasons of 1869, -71,-72,-73,-74,-75,-76,-77,-78. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in Charge. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Volume 1 Geogr. Report " Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 139221.

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    State of Montana

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    At head of title: "Department of Interior General Land Office." "Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the supervision of A. F. Dinsmore, Principal Draughtsman, G.L.O." Signed near title by Frederick Jackson Turner. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Montana Turner.

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    State of Kansas

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    At head of title: "Department of Interior General Land Office." "Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the supervision of A. F. Dinsmore, Principal Draughtsman, G.L.O." Signed near title by Frederick Jackson Turner. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Kansas.

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    State of Washington

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    At head of title: "Department of Interior General Land Office." "Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources under the supervision of A. F. Dinsmore, Principal Draughtsman, G.L.O." Signed near title by Frederick Jackson Turner. Stamp: Frederick J. Turner, Madison, Wis.. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: Frederick J. Turner, Madison, Wis..

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    Map of the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with the settled part of Michigan

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    Steam boat tables in surround. Submaps: Vicinity of Detroit; Vicinity of Cincinnati; Falls of the Ohio; Lead Regions east of the Mississippi. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Sub-maps.

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    Reconnoissance Map of the United States, Distribution of Geologic System 1893

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    Not famous for the map but for the owner who added information to it. Owned and noted by Dr. Frederick Jackson Turner of Harvard, deviser of "Manifest Destiny" and mentor of Ray Alan Billington. In two parts, mounted on cardboard, folded. Inside of folder is mounted a map of Boston and Boston Harbor , Edition of 1903, rerprinted 1980. Further is a rotogravure aerial photograph of Boston from the Boston Herald, November 21, 1921. MS notes on Ice Age incursions. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes on Boston Harbor map: Frederick J. Turner, Widener 415, Harvard.

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