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American railway guide, and pocket companion for the United States ... : together with a complete railway map
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Dinsmore & Company's new and complete map of the railway system of the United States and Canada : compiled from official sources, under the direction of the Editor of the "American Railway Guide."
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Map of the United States by J. H. Young Philadelphia: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell. 1836
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