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J. H. Colton: Colton’s Railroad & Township Map of Arkansas.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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J. H. Colton  (1800–1893)  wikidata:Q6105865
 
J. H. Colton
Alternative names
Joseph Hutchins Colton
Description American cartographer and geographer
Date of birth/death 5 July 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 29 July 1893 / 19 July 1893 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Longmeadow New York City
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
Title
Colton’s Railroad & Township Map of Arkansas.
Description
English: This large and visually stunning 1858 pocket map by J. H. Colton depicts the state of Arkansas. The state of Arkansas is revealed in considerable detail with special attention to roads, railroads, rivers, lakes and towns. The state is cleanly divided into various counties. To the east Texas asppears, as do the Indian territories of the Choctaws and the Cherokees. The state seal of Arkansas is depicted in the lower right quadrant just above the title. Fine decorative border. Dated and copyrighted: “Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1854 by J. H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.” Published from Colton’s 172 William Str. Office in New York City. Exceedingly rare.
Date 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 31 in (78.7 cm); width: 26 in (66 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,31U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,26U218593
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Geographicus link: Arkansas-colton-1859
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