Content: Covers city north to 118th Street.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Shows wards, ferry routes, and the Crystal Palace on 42nd Street.
Content: Oriented with north to the upper right.
Content: Scale not given (W 74°03ʹ21ʺ--W 73°55ʹ28ʺ/N 40°48ʹ33ʺ--N 40°41ʹ25ʺ)
Content: Issued in Trow's New York City directory?
Content: Annotated with manuscript notations in red ink regarding places of interest for military supplies and activity at the time of the draft riot in 1863.
Content: Accompanied by letter to Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger from Assistant Adjutant General H. C. Rodgers dated August 15th, 1863 relating to movement of troops on account of New York City draft riot (1 leaf ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm).
Acquisition: Purchase; Boston Rare Maps; 2013/08/07; tvzv
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 47 x 84 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 864036587
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19897628
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 68825e70-fcdc-0132-6162-58d385a7b928

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1858

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68825e70-fcdc-0132-6162-58d385a7b928

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1858). Map of the city of New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68825e70-fcdc-0132-6162-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/68825e70-fcdc-0132-6162-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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