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City of New York, 1843.

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433767


Item data

Title

City of New York, 1843.

Collection

Atlases of the United States
United States
The cerographic atlas of the United States. By Sidney E. Morse, A.M., and Samuel Breese, A.M.

Names

Morse, Sidney E. (Sidney Edwards), 1794-1871 (Author)
Breese, Samuel, 1802-1873 (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1842 - 1845
Place: New-York
Publisher: S. E. Morse & co.,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div.++ 02-284
Shelf locator: Map Div. ++ 02-284 ([Page 4])

Subjects

United States
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
New York (State) -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps
New York (State) -- Maps
New York (N.Y.) -- Maps

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Issued in parts; maps dated 1841-1845.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1842 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New York."
Content: City map covers Manhattan up to 18th Street on the west side and 32nd Street on the east side.
Content: Prime meridians on state map: Greenwich and Washington.
Content: Relief shown by hachures on state map.
Content: State map shows county boundaries; City map shows wards.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides ; 31 x 39 cm. and 37 x 29 cm., sheet 43 x 33 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 28717487
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13692629
RLIN/OCLC: 49525612
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15376624
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2faf2b60-c5ec-012f-8881-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1842

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City of New York, 1843." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1842 - 1845. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2faf2b60-c5ec-012f-8881-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1842 - 1845). City of New York, 1843. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2faf2b60-c5ec-012f-8881-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "City of New York, 1843." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2faf2b60-c5ec-012f-8881-58d385a7bc34

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