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ted States. In brief, while there are sundry partial and special collec- 
tions of great value owned by scholars, societies, and the General and 
State Governments, there is nowhere a real and general library of Ge- 
ography in the United States. Hence we consider the formation of a 
Systematic, comprehensive and complete geographical library, as a 
most genuine and unequivocal American desideratum. 
IL. The materials which an American National Library of Geogra- 
phy should embrace may be distributed under the following classes :— 
Ist, United States Maps, including general, state, county, town, city and 
village maps, and plans of historical localities; embracing not only 
published maps, but manuscripts or tracings of valuable unpublished 
Surveys. 2d, United States Charts, including Des Barre’s and other , 
early surveys, the surveys of our coast, rivers and harbors by the En- 
gineer and Topographical Bureaus, and the coast survey, the topo- 
graphical lake survey, and all municipal and private charts of import- 
ance along our entire seaboard, as Biunt’s, for instance. 3d, Foreign 
Maps, including the detailed Topographical Maps prepared by the sev- 
eral European States, such as those the Ordnance, French, 
Swiss, German, Prussian, Italian, Austrian, Russian, Swedish, Hindos- 
tan, Canadian and Cuban Surveys. Also all m f the West Indies, 
"or, and the Polar, Central and South American voyages and travels. 
ie Geographical Society publications and periodicals, 
cal Society ; the Asiatic Researches ; the Paris Société de Géogr aphie ; 
and the Russian Geographical Society ; with the Nautical Magazine, 
and other similar periodicals. Also, all pamphlets on egal tye Sar 
illustrating local geography—especially within the United States; topo- 
Braphical descriptions ; hand-books, town and city annals, and whatever 
Id be collected ; 
8nd the same to some extent for foreign countries. 81h, Books and 
Maps on Physical Geography. 9th, Special atlases of cities and states 
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