Admin/Biog History	Originally published in 1836 as Mitchell's Traveller's Guide Through the United States, it was updated in 1848. This small pocket guide and map would be indispensable to immigrants to the United States and pioneers moving westward, with its information on travelling distances, routes for stag coaches, railroads, and steamboats. It states, "Though this present work is designed chiefly for the use of travelers, it cannot fail to be useful to others, as a work of reference; while its compact form, suitable dimensions for the pocket, render it the most convenient publication of the kind now extant."
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Collection	Map Small Collections
Copyrights	Public Domain
Dates of Accumulation	1851
Abstract	1851 edition of "Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through the United States: Containing the Principal Cities, Towns, &c. Alphabetically Arranged; Together With the Railroad, Stage, Steamboat, and Canal Routes, with Distances, in Miles from Place to Place. Illustrated by an Accurate Map of the United States." published by Thomas, Copperwait & Company, Philadelphia.
Legal Status	Oshkosh Public Museum
Object ID	SC350.2
Object Name	Book
Pub Date	1851
Pub Place	Philadelphia, PA
Publisher	Thomas, Copperwait & Company
Size	22" x 29"
Subjects	Maps Emigration & immigration Immigrants Westward movement Pioneers Railroads Railroad travel Stagecoaches Steamboats Canals Travel
Title	Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through the United States

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