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Complete Record for Item NS12 M12.4.51

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Title:MIlitary Topographical Sketch of Harlem Heights and Plain Exhibiting the position and forms of Field Works and Block Houses which have been constructed in that neighborhood for the Defence of the City of New York
Item Type:Maps
Date:1814
Call Number NS12 M12.4.51

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Swift, Joseph Gardner

Creator Information (Organization)

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Notes

Local_note: NYHS negative #58523
Extent: 1 manuscript map
Dimensions: 82 cm x 56 cm
Collection: Beekman Family Association
Medium: black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
Added_person: Craig, J.E.
General_note: It is likely that the fortifications were made by Chief Engineer General Swift, the map by Lieutenant Craig from Lieutenant Renwick's survey of them.
Local_note: See NYHS map 3217 (same sheet).

Geographic Location: [Linked to other records with the same Location]

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

East Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Long Island City (New York, N.Y,)

Mill Rock (New York, N.Y.)

Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Spanish Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Upper East Side (New York, N.Y.)

Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)

Ward's Island Park (New York, N.Y.)

Yorkville (New York, N.Y.)

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