John Baxton Flowers III Map Collection: Goldsboro Messenger Map of North Carolina, 1879: Given As A Premium To Subscribers For 1879

1879
Map Collection #MC0022-003
Creator(s)
J.H. Colton & Co.
Physical description
0.037 Cubic Feet, 1 item (located in the Vault), consisting of a map and a handbook
Preferred Citation
John Baxton Flowers III Map Collection: Goldsboro Messenger Map of North Carolina, 1879: Given As A Premium To Subscribers For 1879 (MC0022-003), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

The Goldsboro Messenger Map of North Carolina, 1879, with Beaufort Harbor Inset Map, (New York, NY: G. W. C. B. Colton Co.) was a foldout map contained in a handbook given as a premium to subscribers of the Goldsboro Messenger. The handbook contains useful information about North Carolina.


Administrative information
Custodial History

June 8, 2010, (unprocessed addition 1), 1 item, 0.037 cubic feet; Messenger Handbook for 1879, including Goldsboro Messenger Map of North Carolina 1879; Facts Concerning North Carolina Worth Remembering; List of Counties, Date of Formation, Area, Population and County Seats; Important Chronological Events; North Carolina Court Calendar for 1879; United States Courts; Scale of Depreciation of Confederate Currency; Distance from Goldsboro to ; Number of Days from any in one Month to the same in any other; Names of Principal Towns in North Carolina and Estimated Number of Inhabitants, etc. Given as a Premium to Subscribers for 1879 with Beaufort Harbor Inset Map. (New York, NY: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co., 1879) Printed. Pamphlet with foldout map. 16.5 x 10.5 mm. Scale: 4.5 cm = 60 miles. Recd. 11/17/2009. Donor: John Baxton Flowers, III.

Source of acquisition

Gift of John Baxton Flowers III

Copyright notice

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