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California map showing San Francisco, Newport and rail road connections with the adjacent country / drawn by W. Alpheus Smith. T.R. Holland Lith. Boston

Description: Alternate title from bottom of page. Newport was to be located across Suisun Bay from New York (now called Pittsburg) and Antioch. A submap shows the street layout for the city and impressive rail connections to the north and east are shown on the main map. Bancroft characterized this as a "swindling project." Submap: Plan of Newport, California. MS note 442574. Descriptive notes in folder. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 442574.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1868]
Call number: 442574
Creator: Smith, W. Alpheus(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 31 x 42 cm
Associated people: Holland, Thomas R.
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