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Map [Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va.

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Title

  • [Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va.

Names

  • Loring, William Wing, 1818-1886.

Created / Published

  • [1862?]

Headings

  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--West Virginia

Notes

  • -  Covers the area between Raleigh Court House, Blue Sulphur Springs and Pearisburg, W. Va.
  • -  Drawn with colored ink and pencil on lined paper. Shows towns, roads, rivers and residences with some distances given.
  • -  Not drawn to scale.
  • -  One of a series of eight maps of southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. Originally in envelope with notations: "Maps of various kinds by residents of Western Virginia. Found among a few books &c which had belonged to Genl. Loring. This statement made by Mr. John Hart."
  • -  Oriented with north to the top.
  • -  Relief shown by shading.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  Title and statement of responsiblity derived from Swem's Maps relating to Virginia.
  • -  Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 958
  • -  Jan. 1912, J. Hart, exchange; May. 2003, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00134.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, May 2003.
  • -  Digital image available: 12 x 15.75 in.
  • -  Map accession no. 44 (1912)d.
  • -  Previously filed as: 754.M6 1861-1865 ca.1862 (6).

Medium

  • 1 map : ms., col., mounted on paper ; 31 x 40 cm.

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

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Chicago citation style:

Loring, William Wing. Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va. [?, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000134/.

APA citation style:

Loring, W. W. (1862) Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000134/.

MLA citation style:

Loring, William Wing. Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va. [?, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000134/>.