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Title
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Post Route Map of the States of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
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Description
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Map subtitle states that map depicts "post offices, with the intermediate distances between them and mail routes in operation on the 1st February 1884". Map primarily depicts entire state of Iowa, with adjacent sections of neighboring states, including extreme northern Missouri, eastern Nebraska, Dakota Territory, southern Minnesota, southeast Wisconsin, and northern Illinois, and extreme northwest Indiana. The southern half of the map, depicting Kansas, Arkansas, and the majority of Missouri, has not been located. Map also includes counties in covered territory, railroad lines, and rivers. Outer boundaries of map denote latitude and longitude, as well as local time in relation to Washington, DC.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Map
