Pearce's new map of the state of North Carolina: compiled from actual public and private surveys

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Repository	North Carolina Collection
Title	Pearce's new map of the state of North Carolina: compiled from actual public and private surveys
Date Published	1872
Date Depicted	circa 1872
Creator - Individual	Pearce, Samuel, 1807-1878.
Creator - Organization	Pearce & Williams. H.H. Lloyd & Co.
Place of Publication	Raleigh
Publisher	Pearce & Williams
Caption	Above title: "Engraved and Manufactured H.H. Lloyd & Co. General Map Publishers New York." Below title: "Compiled from Actual Public and Private Surveys. Published by Pearce & Williams, Raleigh, N.C., 1872." Bottom of map: "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1871 by Samuel Pearce & Alfred Williams in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
Abstract	Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Hand-colored map shows counties, cities and towns, railroads and principal roads. Includes stores, mills, schools, plank roads, bridges, factories, and ferries. Also marks types of trees found in swamplands, oyster areas on southeastern shore of North Carolina, coal region in Chatham and Moore counties, and other mineral deposits. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Decorative border. North Carolina Rail Roads named include the Wilmington & Weldon Rail Road; Chatham Rail Road; North Carolina Rail Road; Raleigh & Gaston Rail Road; and Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Rail Road. Includes insets: Statistics from the census -- Table of mountains -- Profile of the Charlotte & South Carolina Rail Road -- Profile of the Western R.R. from Salisbury to the Tennessee line -- Profile of the North Carolina R.R. from Goldsboro to Salisbury -- Profile of the Atlantic & North Carolina R.R.
Reference	George Stevenson, "Pearce, Samuel." In Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, vol. 5 (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1994).
OCLC	28242382
Related Maps	Cm912 1872p
Type	General
Details	Businesses Colors County Boundaries Creeks and Streams Elevation Lakes Land Cover Land Use Mines and Mineral Deposits Mountains Population Railroads Roads Schools Swamps
Subject - Geographic	North Carolina -- Maps. North Carolina -- Maps, Physical.
Places Depicted	North Carolina Virginia South Carolina
West Longitude	-84
East Longitude	-74.666667
North Latitude	37.5
South Latitude	33
Scale	1:506,880
Size	150 x 86 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	English
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Host	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
Call Number	Cm912 1872p

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