Maps

Description

Title: Maps
Creator: Chorpenning, George, 1820-1894
Contributor: United States.--Post Office Dept
United States.--Postmaster General
Published / Created: Undated
Description: George Chorpenning (1820-1894) operated mail service in western states during the 1850s. Beginning in 1857, he petitioned the United States government for compensation and recovery of business losses, a claim that remained unresolved at his death in 1894.
Imperfect: map mutilated with some loss of image and text.
Verso linen backed and blank.
Extent: 1 folder (1 map) : b&w, color ; approximately 55 x 69 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: cartographic
Genre: Hand coloring
Maps
Reports
Subject (Geographic): United States--Politics and government--1865-1900
Subject (Name): United States.--Post Office Dept
United States.--Postmaster General
Subject (Topic): Letter carriers--West (U.S.)
Postal service--West (U.S.)

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Chorpenning Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.