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Source Description
General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
b85162816
label
Map of Allegany Co., N.Y
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
b85162816
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Allegany Co., N.Y
description
General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names.
date
["1856"]
year
1856
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_010625
creators
Bechler, Gustavus R.
Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898
Gillette, Matthews & Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landowners--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps
Cities and towns--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps
Villages--New York (State)--Allegany County--Maps
Allegany County (N.Y.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Allegany (county)
New York
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
New York
county
Allegany
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Philadelphia
publisher
Published by Gillette, Matthews & Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.25
schema:longitude
-78.0333
extent
1 map : mounted on cloth backing ; 141 x 135 cm.
notes
General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names.
Relief shown by hachures.
Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas of village/city insets.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Includes county statistical table, local business directories (some indexed), 26 small-town/village insets (including Wellsville), and illustrations of prominent buildings.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
b85162816
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3d8fda0f0a6187c8