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Squire's map of the state of New York: containing all the towns in the state

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Title
Squire's map of the state of New York: containing all the towns in the state
Names
Chapin, William, 1802-1888 (Cartographer)
Phelps, Humphrey, 19th cent. (Author)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1835
Place: New York?
Publisher: s.n.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 12-333
Topics
Transportation -- New York (State)
Mountains -- New York (State) -- Altitudes -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Rivers -- New York (State) -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
New York (State) -- Distances, etc
New York (State) -- Administrative and political divisions
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: drawn & engraved by William Chapin, 1835.
Content: Shows roads, railroads, canals, and county boundaries.
Content: "The figures along the roads denote the distances from place to place."
Content: Prime meridian: Washington.
Statement of responsibility: "Entered according to act of Congress in ... 1834 by Humphrey Phelps in ... the Southern District of New York."
Content: Insets: Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara -- Heights of mountains in the state [diagram] -- City of New York -- Falls of Niagara, from the foot of the stairway, U.S. shore [ill.] -- Length of rivers in the state [diagram] -- Vicinity of New York -- Principal canals in the state [statistical table].
Content: Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000] (W 79°46ʹ--W 71°52ʹ/N 45°01ʹ--N 40°30ʹ)
Acquisition: Purchase; Boston Rare Maps; 2010/06/29; zryq
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 52 x 70 cm.
Backed with cloth and mounted on 2 wooden rods
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 785430584
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18392663
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dfd686d0-fcb8-0132-07e1-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1802: Creator Born
  • 1835: Issued
  • 1888: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Squire's map of the state of New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1835. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8296e5a0-639f-0133-cba1-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Squire's map of the state of New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8296e5a0-639f-0133-cba1-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1835). Squire's map of the state of New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8296e5a0-639f-0133-cba1-00505686a51c

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Squire's map of the state of New York