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Complete Record for Item 2N L1.2.26

Core Fields

Title:Phelps' New York City map, with portions of Brooklyn, Jersey City, Williamsburgh, Greenpoint, Astoria, and Hoboken
Item Type:Maps
Date:1857
Call Number 2N L1.2.26

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Creator Information (Organization)

Creator: H. Phelps

Notes

General_note: inset drawings: "Birds eye view of New York from Union Square," "New Amsterdam or New York in 1657, showing the old fort on what is now the Battery," and "Treaty between Gov. Minuit and the Aborigines in 1626, for the Sale of Manhattan Island for 60 guilders, or $24. Assessed value of real estate on N.Y. Island in 1856, $340,972,098."
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 70 x 123 cm.
Medium: black ink, with color wash, on paper backed with cloth
General_note: inset maps of the Hudson River and of "Thirty Miles Around New York City, with town and County Boundaries"
Local_note: See maps 9656 and 9658, both issued in 1860.

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New York (N.Y.)

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