| Title | Map of Virginia and its Slave Population (September 1861)
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| Alternate Title | Map of Virginia Showing the Distribution of its Slave Population from the Census of 1860 (September 1861) | Map of Virginia and its Slave Population (September 1861)
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| Creator | Graham, H. S. (Henry S.)
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| Type of Resource | cartographic
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| Date Created | 1861
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| Digital Origin | reformatted digital
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| Topics | Slavery | Civil war | Census
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| Places | Virginia | West Virginia
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| Dates | 1860 | 1861
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| Subject Genre | Statistical maps
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| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/10176/codu:58024
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| Language | English
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| Extent | 1 online resource (map) : TIFF file.
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| Physical Note | Raster | Original Sheet(s): 48 x 69 cm.
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| Scale | [1:1,300,000]
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| Coordinates | (W 83° 37'—W 75° 13'/N 40° 40'—N 36° 31')
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| Notes | » Website description: The final edition of the Virginia slave map used Census data to pointedly illustrate the relative absence of slaves from the western half of the state. | » "Washington, June 13th, 1861." | » "Entered ... 1861 by Henry S. Graham ..." | » "Sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded of the U.S. Army." | » Includes population table based on census of 1860 by county and comparison table of Virginia and Kanawha. | » West Virginia shown as Kanawha. | » Includes imprimatur by Census Superintendent J.C.G. Kennedy: "Census Office, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, Sept. 9th, 1861. After a careful examination of this very interesting map I am prepared to state that it not only furnishes the evidences of great care in its preparation but can be relied on as corresponding with the official returns of the 8th Census. [signed] Jos. C. G. Kennedy, Superintendent." | » Handwritten inscription from Captain W.R. Palmer to Colonel Ripley: "Presented to ..." | » "Drawer 47, portfolio 1 no. 24." | » Blue taped border around map. | » Classification: G3881.E9 1861 .G71 Classification Scheme: lcc. | » Alternate title from Website.
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| Local Identifiers | VA_slave_September_LoC.tif | nationID: 4.11 | nationIDchrono: 3.04 | nationIDcreator: 1.30 | (DLC) 2010586922 | (OCoLC)694057083
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