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Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets

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434720


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Title

Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Brooklyn

Names

Butt, Richard (Surveyor)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1846
Place: [New York?]
Publisher: ... Richard Butt,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1836

Subjects

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps
Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: "[Entere]d according to act of Congress, in the year 1846 by Richard Butt in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Content: Ford Collection.
Content: Includes note.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Oriented with north to the lower right.
Content: Shows wards for city of Brooklyn.
Statement Of Responsibility: laid down from accurate surveys & documents, compiled, lithographed & published by Richard Butt, surveyor, 1846.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map in 2 sheets : hand col. ; 73 x 109 cm., sheets 73 x 55 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 46535328
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15002354
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8652be20-c5aa-012f-fbba-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1846

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1846. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8652be20-c5aa-012f-fbba-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1846). Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8652be20-c5aa-012f-fbba-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8652be20-c5aa-012f-fbba-58d385a7bc34

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8652be20-c5aa-012f-fbba-58d385a7bc34 | title= (cartographic) Map of the city of Brooklyn, and village of Williamsburg : showing the size of blocks and width of streets as laid out by the Commissioners, the old farm lines, water line, and all recent changes in streets (1846) | author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library | accessdate=November 17, 2025 | publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>