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Title
Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary
Additional title: Diagrams of the New York and Connecticut boundary
Additional title: No. 4, diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary showing the several lines surveyed, with the relative position of each to the best definied traditionary line
Names
New York (State), Commissioners on the New York and Connecticut Boundary (Author)
Wentz, C. W. (Charles Wesley), 1817-1884 (Engineer)
Stephenson, John L., 1821-1862 (Author)
Connecticut. Commission on Boundary between the States of New York and Connecticut (Author)
New York (State). Legislature. Senate (Author)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1857 (Inferred)
Place: Albany, N.Y.?
Publisher: The Commissioners
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5880 copy 1 (6 sheets) [Filed with N.Y.S. Boundaries]
Topics
Boundaries
New York (State) -- Boundaries -- Connecticut
Connecticut -- Boundaries -- New York (State)
New York Region
Connecticut
New York (State)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: C.W Wentz, engineer ; John L. Stephenson, assistant ; Saml. D. Backus [and] J. Tarbell, commrs.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Content: Covers Southeastern portion of New York and parts of Connecticut from the Massachusetts state line to the mouth of the Bryam river.
Content: Includes 3 ancillary maps.
Numbering: At head of title: No. 4.
Version identification: Library has a second copy of no. 4 [Map Div. 15-6027] mounted on 1 sheet 60 x 182, with no. 1, and the cover page of the report entitled: "Diagrams showing the relative position of various lines refered to in the report of the commissioners on the New York and Connecticut boundary, made to the legistlature of New York, April 1857."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Content: Scale 1:15,840. "4 in. to a mile" (W 73°59ʹ--W 73°21ʹ/N 42°02ʹ--N 40°59ʹ)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 10 x 504 cm, on sheet 19 x 508 cm
NYPL Map Div. copy is divided in 6 sheets 19 x 89 cm or smaller.
Accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 57427- 57432.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 45810119
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645707
Other local Identifier: US152.1.04
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c9306b40-8b03-0133-477a-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1857: Issued
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db83b180-8b03-0133-66fa-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db83b180-8b03-0133-66fa-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1857). Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/db83b180-8b03-0133-66fa-00505686a51c

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Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary