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Complete Record for Item NS3 M34.4.18

Core Fields

Title:This actual map and comparative plans showing 88 years growth of the City of New York
Item Type:Maps
Date:1817
Call Number NS3 M34.4.18

Creator Information (Person)

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Creator Information (Organization)

Creator: David Longworth

Notes

General_note: Inset map entitled "Plan of New York in 1729," surveyed by James Lyne; includes landmark and street index, and vignettes of four important buildings.
Added_person: Lyne, James
Local_note: NYHS negative #58827 and 58828 (inset).
Local_note: verso copy 2: "original map 1817" inscribed in pencil; recto upper left corner in pen "No. 872"; Copy 3: upper left corner in pencil: 69Q.
General_note: ". . .inscribed to the citizens by the proprietor David Longworth"
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 53 x 65 cm.
Medium: black and color ink, with color wash additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
Local_note: fragmentary decal affixed to verso.
Added_person: King, C.B.

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

Lower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

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