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Special List 29: Indiana

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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