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Map of the city of Albany

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1951062


Item data

Title

Map of the city of Albany

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
Cities and towns, A-Z

Names

Merchant, George W., 1789 or 1790-1843 (Engraver)
Bradt, John (Cartographer)
Carpenter, George W. (Surveyor)
Neale & Pate (Firm) (Printer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1843
Place: [Albany?]
Publisher: ... published by Geo. W. Merchant,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1943

Subjects

New York (N.Y.)
Albany (N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps
Albany (N.Y.) -- Maps
Albany (N.Y.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Includes decorative cartouche, ill. Also includes index to buildings, banks, hotels and churches.
Content: Inset: A plan of the city of Albany : surveyed at the request of the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty / by Simeon De Witt, 1794.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Oriented with north to upper left.
Content: Shows wards and block numbers.
Statement Of Responsibility: drawn by John Bradt Esqr., city supervisor, from the late surveys of Geo. W. Carpenter Esqr., by order of the State Commissioners for the assessment of the Albany Basin ; engraved ... by Geo. W. Merchant.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 72 x 112 cm. sheets 82 x 59 cm. and 82 x 62 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 46842890
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15030140
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 634d4b00-c5aa-012f-aefc-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1843

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of Albany" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1843. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634d4b00-c5aa-012f-aefc-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1843). Map of the city of Albany Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634d4b00-c5aa-012f-aefc-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of Albany" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/634d4b00-c5aa-012f-aefc-58d385a7bc34

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