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| Title | Outline map of Illinois |
| Alternate Title | The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois |
| Description | Map is tipped into the front of "The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands...." Shows route of the Illinois Central Rail Road from the Galena area extending south through the middle of the state to Cairo, with a branch going from Centralia to Chicago. Routes for other railroads are also depicted. |
| Subject | Maps
Railroads
Railroad route maps
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| Subject (LCSH) | Railroad land grants--Illinois; Illinois--Description and travel |
| Geographic Location | United States--Illinois |
| Time Period | 1850-1860 |
| Creator | Illinois Central Railroad Company |
| Publisher | New York: John W. Amerman, printer |
| Contributors | Geo. C. Rand & Avery, lithographers |
| Date | 1856 |
| Type | Image |
| Format | jpeg |
| Identifier | Finley Collection |
| Language | eng |
| Is Part Of | The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois |
| Rights | See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm |
| Collection | Railroads in the Midwest, Early Documents and Images (Knox College) |
| Transcript | Explanation: The heavy shading showes the boundary of the Lands of the Illinois Central Rail Road Company, within the six mile limit. The light shading the boundary of their Lands within the fifteen mile limit. The Number of the Townships bracketed coresponds with the number of each Sectional Map.
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| Date Digital | 2009-10-19 |
| Physical Description | 5.5 x 8.75 in. |
| Filename | OutlineMap_ICRR_1856.jpg |
