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.