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Canada West, formerly Upper Canada [cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1856.

Reference:

R11981-138-2-E

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #488

Local class no.:

H3/400/1856/1 .c2

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3724107

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Upper Canada

Canada West, formerly Upper Canada
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Date(s):

1856.

Place:

No 251 Market Street, Philadelphia :

Place of creation:

Pennsylvania

Publisher:

Charles Desilver,

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ; 29 x 38 cm on sheet 36 x 44 cm.

Language of material:

English
Additional name(s):

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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, 1792-1868

Publisher: Charles Desilver (Firm)
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General note:

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Includes decorative border, legend showing railroads, canals, capitals & important towns.
Includes 2 insets: The city of Toronto and its environs. Scale [ca. 1:190 080] -- Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara. Scale [ca. 1:636 360].
4 appears in bottom right corner.
Relief shown by hachures.
Meridian of Washington.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Related material:

"Canada East : formerly Lower Canada" from: S.A. Mitchell " A new universal atlas, containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms, states and republics of the world" by Charles Desilver see AMICUS No 17073713.
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Canada West - Maps

Toronto (Ont.) - Maps

Niagara Falls (Ont.)
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche [R11981] NMC105278

[Consultation 90 Open]

Item no. assigned by LAC [R11981] 488

[Consultation 90 Open]

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