Potomack
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Item Information
- Title:
- Potomack
- Creator:
- Booth, Robert, -1791
- Name on Item:
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laid down by R. Bo[oth] as also the adjacent waters
- Date:
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[1770–1779]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- Collection (local):
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Library of Congress Collection
- Subjects:
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Potomac River--Maps--Early works to 1800
Potomac River Estuary--Maps--Early works to 1800
Rappahannock River (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Northern Neck (Va.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Rappahannock (river)
Potomac (river)
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript map ; on sheet 36 x 31 cm, folded to 16 x 11 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Scale:
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Scale not given
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/74694669
- Notes:
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Covers the Potomac River (estuary and river), its tributaries, and the Rappahannock River.
Also covers "The Northern Neck of Virginia".
Title from annotation on verso.
Manuscript: pen-and-ink.
Condition imperfect: Torn at fold lines, missing small internal sections at fold lines and at sheet edges, formerly taped.
Accompanied by carbon-copy of LC letter of acceptance addressed to donor.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Identifier:
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ar143900r
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