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Complete Record for Item NS3 M35.5.1

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Title:Map showing the situation of that part of the City of New York called Lispenard's Meadows and the Collect [Pond] previous to the present regulation
Item Type:Maps
Date:1823
Call Number NS3 M35.5.1

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Doughty, Edward

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Notes

Added_person: Ludlam, Isaac
General_note: note in bottom left corner: "Having carefully examined this map . . .with my own knowledge & recollection of the same district of the city, I do hereby certify the same to be a correct representation of the subject to which it refers: showing the depression of the low and elevation of the high grounds, as also the situation and extent of the meadows and Collect with sufficient accuracy for all the interests . . .New York[,] 6 June 1823 [signed] Amos Corning City Surveyor"
General_note: signed ms. note: "New York. June 7, 1823. After a particular comparison of this map with documents in my possession, I fully concur in the opinion expressed by Mr. [Amos] Corning. W[illiam] Bridges, City Surveyor."
General_note: This map was examined in turn and signed respectively with approval of its accuracy by Frances P. Vidal on June 17, 1823, by Thomas R. Ludlam on June 19, 1823, by Daniel Ewen on June 26, 1823, and by Isaac Ludlam on June 27, 1823.
Extent: 1 manuscript map
Dimensions: 54 x 74 cm.
Medium: black and color ink, with black and color wash, on paper backed with paper
Added_person: Corning, Amos
General_note: note in LR corner: "The lines and figures on this map may not be mathematically exact in all respects being designed only to give a good general view of the subject"

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