The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country
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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.
A map of the states of Connecticut and Rho[de Islan]d with pa[rts of] New-York, Mas[ssachusetts and New Jers]ey
The city of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country / by their secretary and surveyor John Randel Junr.
The city of [P]hiladelphia with the surrounding country / by John Randel Junr.
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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