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General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the four borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), lot numbers (Carlisle inset only), and landowners' names.
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Document identity
localId
4m90f505z
label
Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f505z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
description
General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the four borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), lot numbers (Carlisle inset only), and landowners' names.
date
["1858"]
year
1858
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010939
creators
Bridgens, H. F. (Henry F.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Cumberland County--Maps
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--Maps
Real property--Pennsylvania--Carlisle--Maps
Real property--Pennsylvania--Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County)--Maps
Real property--Pennsylvania--Newville (Cumberland County)--Maps
Real property--Pennsylvania--Shippensburg--Maps
Cumberland County (Pa.)--Maps
Carlisle (Pa.)--Maps
Mechanicsburg (Cumberland County, Pa.)--Maps
Newville (Cumberland County, Pa.)--Maps
Shippensburg (Pa.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Carlisle
Cumberland (county)
Mechanicsburg
Newville
North and Central America
Pennsylvania
Shippensburg
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Pennsylvania
county
Cumberland
city
Carlisle
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Philadelphia] ; Philad'a
publisher
H.F. Bridgens, ; Printed by Wagner & Mc Guigan.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
40.2
schema:longitude
-77.1833
extent
1 map : mounted on cloth backing, hand colored ; 110 x 153 cm
notes
General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the four borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), lot numbers (Carlisle inset only), and landowners' names.
Hand colored to emphasize township/borough boundaries and territories.
Relief shown by hachures.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1858 by H.F. Bridgens in the ... Eastern District of the State of Pennsylvania."
Includes notes, distance table, tabular post-office directory, county statistical table, index of Carlisle borough landowners' names, and illustration of county courthouse.
Borough insets: Plan of Newville -- Plan of Shippensburg -- Plan of the Borough of Mechanicsburg / surveyed by H.F. Bridgens -- Plan of Carlisle / by H.F. Bridgens.
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4m90f505z
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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