Post route map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin : with adjacent parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota / designed and constructed under the orders of John A.J. Creswell and Giles A. Smith by W.L. Nicholson.

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Post route map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin : with adjacent parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota / designed and constructed under the orders of John A.J. Creswell and Giles A. Smith by W.L. Nicholson.

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Series 69 of record group 59-4 consists of a Post route map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin, with adjacent parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota, originally collected by either the Michigan Geological Survey or the Michigan Lands Division. The map was engraved by D. McClelland, drawn by C.H. Poole for the Post Office Department of the United States. The map is 39 3/4" x 56" in size, with a scale of 10 miles : 1 in. Includes insets "General statistics," "Explanation of mail service," and table of distances, and shows railroad lines.

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McClelland, D.

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Michigan. Lands Division

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Poole, C. H.

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Nicholson, W.L.

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Michigan. Geological Survey Division

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The Michigan Geological Survey was created by Public Act 20 of 1837. Its purpose was to conduct a geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state legislature appointed Douglass Houghton the first state geologist (1837). In 1921, the state legislature established the Department of Conservation, and the Michigan Geological Survey became part of that department (Public Act 17 of 1921). The Department of Conservation established the Geological Survey Division circa 1947. In 1968, the dep...

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...