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English: US map 1856 shows free and slave states and populations; this is "Reynolds's Political Map of the United States" (1856) from Library of Congress collection[1]
Date circa 1856
date QS:P,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source "Reynolds's Political Map of the United States" (1856) from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Author New York: Wm. C. Reynolds and J. C. Jones
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  • 2006-02-25 07:24 Rjensen 2000×1736×??? (725895 bytes) US map 1854 shows free and slave states and sata

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current18:29, 16 August 2023Thumbnail for version as of 18:29, 16 August 20237,813 × 7,090 (19.76 MB)Jengod (talk | contribs)Autotune so brighter and easier to read
07:28, 22 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 07:28, 22 April 20167,813 × 7,090 (35.27 MB)Khamar (talk | contribs)Original improved in Adobe Photoshop by removing white strip through center where left and right sides of map join, removing some dark and white stripes from image, and nudging some of the text and lines back into alignment preserving as much of the ma...
01:40, 17 December 2012Thumbnail for version as of 01:40, 17 December 20127,828 × 7,090 (16.56 MB)T3hBra1nWa5her (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version from the [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3701e+ct000604)) Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington].
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