Sectional Map of Kansas Territory

Civil War

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Title: Sectional Map of Kansas Territory
Creator: C.P. Wiggin
MacLean and Lawrence
William Schuchman and Bro. (Lithographer)
Description: This color map, dated April 1857, is entitled "Sectional Map of Kansas Territory." It was drafted by C.P. Wiggin and signed by L.A. MacLean, Chief Clerk of the Surveyor General’s office in Lecompton, Kansas Territory. MacLean certifies that the map was compiled from U.S. survey field notes. The map was published by MacLean and Lawrence and printed by William Schuchman and Bro. in Philadelphia.
Date: April 1857
Local Subject: Picturing the War
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
American Indians
People: C.P. Wiggin
MacLean and Lawrence
William Schuchman and Bro. (Lithographer)
Geographic Subject: St. Joseph, Missouri
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas
Jefferson County, Kansas
Atchison, Kansas
Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
Wyandotte County, Kansas
Quindaro, Kansas
Brown County, Kansas
Doniphan County, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Johnson County, Kansas
Linn County, Kansas
Franklin County, Kansas
Bourbon County, Kansas
Fort Scott, Kansas
Buchanan County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Object Type: Map
Owning Organization: Lecompton Historical Society
Location: Raymond W. Gieseman Collection, Library Storage, 1854-1861
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Lecompton Historical Society at: P.O. Box 68, Lecompton, KS 66050, Phone: (785)887-6285, E-mail: lanemuseum@aol.com Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Lecompton Historical Society. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Lecompton Historical Society.