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Land Grants to Transcontinental Railroads

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Title:
Land Grants to Transcontinental Railroads
Alternate Title:
Land Grants to Transcontinental Railroads
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Morison, Samuel Eliot & Henry Steele Commager
Date:
1942
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
2032.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_2032_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1940 - 1959
Subject:
Money & Finance
Politics & Government
Deception/Distortion
Railroads
Measurement:
14.5 x 23 page (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
This misleading map is here reprinted in a leading textbook from 1942. For a full explanation, see ID #1088, "How the Public Domain Has Been Squandered" (1884).

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Source:
Morison, Samuel Eliot & Henry Steele Commager. 1942. The Growth of the American Republic. 2:113. New York: Oxford University Press.
Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
Rights:
For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.

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