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How the public domain has been squandered : map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican Congresses to railroad corporations

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Title
How the public domain has been squandered : map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican Congresses to railroad corporations
Creator
Rand McNally and Company  
Scale
Scale [1:11,400,000]  
Coordinates
(E 119°--E 71°/N 47°--N 23°)
Place of Publication
Chicago (Ill.)
Publisher
Rand McNally and Company  
Date of Publication
1884  
Extent
1 map
Dimensions
29 x 39 cm
Notes
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • We believe that the public lands ought, as far as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual settlers; that all unearned lands heretofore improvidently granted to railroad corporations by the action of the Republican party should be restored to the public domain; and that no more grants of land shall be made to corporations, or be allowed to fall into the ownership of alien absentees. Democratic platform, 1884.--Below map.
Coverage-Spatial
United States  
Language
eng
Subject
  • Railroads  
  • Railroad land grants  
  • Public land sales  
Genre
  • Maps  
  • Thematic maps  
Type
Cartographic material  
Repository
Map Library
Local Bib ID
99916740412205899
Collection Title
Railroad Maps
Collection
Railroad Maps
TitleHow the public domain has been squandered : map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 farms of 160 acres each, worth at $2 an acre, $278,806,052, given by Republican Congresses to railroad corporations
CreatorRand McNally and Company  
ScaleScale [1:11,400,000]  
Coordinates(E 119°--E 71°/N 47°--N 23°)
Place of PublicationChicago (Ill.)
PublisherRand McNally and Company  
Date of Publication1884  
Extent1 map
Dimensions29 x 39 cm
Notes
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • We believe that the public lands ought, as far as possible, to be kept as homesteads for actual settlers; that all unearned lands heretofore improvidently granted to railroad corporations by the action of the Republican party should be restored to the public domain; and that no more grants of land shall be made to corporations, or be allowed to fall into the ownership of alien absentees. Democratic platform, 1884.--Below map.
Coverage-SpatialUnited States  
Languageeng
Subject
  • Railroads  
  • Railroad land grants  
  • Public land sales  
Genre
  • Maps  
  • Thematic maps  
TypeCartographic material  
RepositoryMap Library
Local Bib ID99916740412205899
Collection TitleRailroad Maps
CollectionRailroad Maps

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