Special List 29: Illinois
Special List
No. 29
Illinois
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232. Map of Illinois. Constructed from the Surveys in the General
Land Office and other Documents, By John Melish. [Published
by John Melish and Saml. Harrison, 1818.]
1 inch to 15 miles. 27 x 21. Annotated published.
Settlements, military posts, township and range numbers,
boundaries of Military Bounty Lands, Kaskaskia and Shawnee
Districts, and roads. Filed as RG 77: US 31-1.
233. Map of Illinois. Constructed from the Surveys in the General
Land Office and other Documents, By John Melish. [Published
by John Melish. Improved to 1819. ]
1 inch to 15 miles. 27 x 21. Annotated published. Counties
(boundaries in color), settlements, military posts, township and
range numbers, boundaries of Military Bounty Lands, and roads.
Filed as RG 77: US 31-2.
234. New Sectional Map of the State of Illinois. Compiled from
the United States Surveys. Also exhibiting the Internal
Improvements; distances between Towns, Villages & Post
Offices; the outlines of Prairies, Woodlands, Marshes &c. By
J. M. Peck and John Messinger. Published by J. H. Colton &
Co., New York, 1836. Engraved by S. Stiles & Co., New York.
1 inch to 10 miles. 43 x 31. Published. Counties (in color),
township and section lines, towns, post offices, roads, canals,
and projected railroads. Inset maps of the "Vicinity of Alton &
St. Louis" and of the "Vicinity of Galena, the Lead Region, and
part of Wisconsin Territory." Both inset maps are on a scale of 1
inch to 4 miles. Filed as RG 77: US 104.
235. No. 2 (c) Diagram of the State of Illinois. (Accompanying
report of 30th October 1837.)
1 inch to 18 miles. 27 x 16. Published. Shows status of
public land surveys. Filed as RG 46: Doc. 11, No. 3, 25th Cong.,
2d sess., 6.
236. Diagram of the State of Illinois. [Issued by the Surveyor
General's Office, St. Louis, Oct. 1, 1839.]
1 inch to 18 miles. 22 x 13. Published. Map includes
explanation of colors and symbols used to indicate status of
township surveys. "H (Referred to in Report of the 1st October)."
Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 1st sess., 23.
237. Map of Illinois & Missouri Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post
Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, &c. By David H. Burr (Late
Topographer to the Post Office) . . . Entered according to
the act of Congress, July 10th, 1839.
1 inch to 10 miles. 4 sections, each 19 x 25.5.
Published. Also shows counties (in color), mileages between post
offices, township and range numbers, military posts, and physical
features. Filed as RG 28: Burr Atlas, 12.
238. No. 3 [Map of] Illinois.
1 inch to ca. 38 miles. 13 x 9. 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 Illinois 2,
Published, in RG 49.) Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d sess., 16.
239. H . . . Diagram of the State of Illinois. [Issued by the
Surveyor General's Office, St. Louis, Oct. 1840.]
1 inch to 18 miles. 24 x 15. Published. Shows extent and
status of public land surveys. Map includes an explanation of the
colors and symbols used on the map to indicate the status of
township surveys. A copy of this map is published in S. Doc. 61,
26th Cong., 2d sess., Serial 377. Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d
sess., 7.
240. Diagram of the State of Illinois [Issued by Surveyor's
Office, St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1841].
1 inch to 18 miles. 22.5 x 13.5. Published. Shows status of
public land surveys. "Referred to in Report of the 27th October
1841." Filed as RG 46: 27th Cong., 2d sess., 3.
241. [Map of] Illinois . . . Entered according to Act of Congress
in the year 1844, by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese.
1 inch to ca. 28 miles. 18 x 14. Published. Shows county
names and boundaries, towns, roads, canals, and railroad lines.
Filed as Ref. Coll.: Illinois, 1844.
242. G Diagram of the State of Illinois [Issued by Surveyor's
Office, St. Louis, Oct. 20, 1848].
1 inch to 18 miles, 23 x 15.5. Published. Shows land
districts and status of public land surveys. Central Railroad and
canal land-grant limits are shown in color. Filed as RG 49:
Special Published, Illinois 3.
243. G Diagram of the State of Illinois Accompanying report of
the 30th October, 1852. [Issued by the Office of the
Surveyor General for Illinois and Missouri, Oct. 30, 1852.]
1 inch to 18 miles. 23.5 x 16.5. Published. Shows status of
public land surveys. Filed as RG 49: Special Published, Illinois
4.
244. Map of the State of Illinois. [Issued by the General Land
Office on Oct. 2, 1866.]
1 inch to 18 miles. 23 x 17. Published. County boundaries
and mineral regions are shown in color. Also shows public
surveys, county seats, railroad land-grant limits, and drainage;
note on mineral resources. Filed as RG 49: Special Published,
Illinois 5.
245. Colton's Sectional Map of the State of Illinois. Compiled
from the United States Surveys. Also exhibiting the Internal
Improvements, distances between Towns, Villages, & Post
Offices: the outlines of Prairies, Woodlands, Marshes, & the
lands donated to the State by the Genl. Govt. for the
purpose of Internal Improvements. By J. M. Peck John
Messinger, and A. J. Mathewson. Published by G. W. and C. B.
Colton & Co. . . . 1867.
1 inch to 10 miles. 42 x 28.5. Published. Counties (in
color), township and section lines, post offices, towns, roads,
canals, and railroads. Inset maps of the cities of St. Louis and
Chicago. Annotated apparently to show land survey base lines and
principal meridians. Tables showing areas in square miles of
individual counties and "Progressive Movement of Population."
Filed as RG 77: P 104-2.
246. Illinois. Colton's Popular Series of Sectional Maps.
Published By G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. . . . 1872.
1 inch to 12 miles. 34 x 23. Published. Counties (in color),
township and section lines, towns, railroads, and outlines of
private land claims. Filed as RG 77: P 166.5.
247. Post Route Map of the States of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri
with adjacent parts of Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas . . . up to date as of April
1, 1873.
1 inch to 10 miles. 2 sections: 2 & 3 of 4 sections, each 33
x 30. Published. Frequency and types of mail service, mileages
between post offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns,
railroads, and physical features. Post routes shown in color to
illustrate frequency of service. Section of map showing most of
Missouri is missing. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 2.
248. [Map of the] State of Illinois. . . . 1878. Compiled from
the official Records of the General Land Office.
1 inch to 14 miles. 34 x 21.5. Published. County boundaries
are shown 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, Illinois 1878.
249. [Map of the] State of Illinois. . . . 1885. Compiled from
the official Records of the General Land Office.
1 inch to 14 miles. 34 x 27. Published. County boundaries
and railroad land-grant limits are shown in color. Also shows
county names, public land surveys, towns, principal railroad
stations, canals, railroad lines, and physical features. Filed as
RG 49: Standard Published, Illinois 1885.
250. Post Route Map of the States of Illinois, Iowa, and
Missouri, with adjacent parts of Kansas and Arkansas,
showing post offices with the intermediate distances and
mail routes in operation on the 1st of October, 1885.
Published . . . under the direction of W. L. Nicholson,
Topographer, P. O. Dept. . . . Drawn by P. Goepel & A. Kilp.
1 inch to 10 miles. 4 sections, each 34.5 x 29. Published.
Frequency and types of mail service, mileages between post
offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns, railroads,
and physical features. Post routes in color to show frequency of
service. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 6.
251. Post Route Map of the State of Illinois showing post offices
with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation
on the 1st of March, 1901.
1 inch to 8 miles. 46.5 x 33. Published. Frequency and types
of mail service, discontinued post offices, counties, towns,
railroads, physical features, and parts of adjoining States. Post
routes in colors to show frequency of service. Inset map
"Environs of Chicago." 1 inch to ca. 4.5 miles. Filed as RG 28:
State Maps, Illinois, 1901.
252. [Map of the] State of Illinois . . . Compiled in 1909 and
1910 in cooperation with the State of Illinois. [Issued by
U.S. Geological Survey.]
1 inch to ca. 8 miles. 52 x 31. Published. County names and
boundaries, township and range numbers, towns and cities, steam
and electric railroad lines, and drainage features are shown.
Filed as RG 57: Published State Maps, Illinois, 1910.
253. [Map of the] State of Illinois. Compiled from the official
Records of the General Land Office . . . 1911. . . . Drawn
by Charles J. Helm.
1 inch to 12 miles. 35 x 22. Published. County boundaries in
color. Also shows names of counties, public land surveys, towns
and cities, military reservations, electric railways, railroad
lines, and city limits of Chicago. Also a black and white base
map for this date. 35 x 22. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published,
Illinois, 1911.
254. [Map of Illinois issued by the U.S. Geological Survey,
1915.]
1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 26 x 17. 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, Illinois, 1915.
255. Post Route Map of the State of Illinois showing post offices
with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation
on the 1st of January, 1917.
1 inch to 8 miles. 2 sections, each 25.5 x 35. Published.
Frequency and types of mail service, discontinued post offices,
counties, towns, railroads, physical features, and parts of
adjoining States. Inset "Chicago and Vicinity." 1 inch to 4
miles. Filed as RG 28: State Maps, Illinois, 1917.
See also entries 256 in Indiana,
and 459, 460, and 473 in Missouri.
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