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Source Description
Street planning map of Manhattan. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries.
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Document identity
localId
3f463149d
label
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f463149d
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country
description
Street planning map of Manhattan. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries.
date
["1821"]
year
1821
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011078
creators
Randel, John
Maverick, Peter, 1780-1831
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
Connecticut--Maps
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Massachusetts--Maps
New England--Maps
New York--Maps
Northeastern States--Maps
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps
Rhode Island--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Connecticut
Manhattan
Massachusetts
New York
North and Central America
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (county)
Rhode Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
city
New York
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
citySection
Manhattan
schema:latitude
40.7833
schema:longitude
-73.9667
extent
3 maps on 1 sheet : silk ; 55 x 86 cm.
notes
On silk.
3 plans superimposed upon each other. Maps of New York and Philadelphia appear as partially unrolled sheets on top of a map of southern New England.
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridian: New York City Hall.
Includes illustrations of surveying equipment used by the author.
Includes extensive text in left, right and lower margins outside neat line.
"This paper made by Morris & Kingsland."
In the collection of Lawrence Caldwell.
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no
dcId
3f463149d
type
map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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1bfadb65749bb69a