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Colton's map of the county of Westchester

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56813410


Item data

Title

Colton's map of the county of Westchester

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
Counties

Names

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1877
Place: 172 William St., New York
Publisher: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-6045

Subjects

Westchester County (N.Y.)
Westchester County (N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
New York (State) -- Westchester County

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: drawn, engraved and published by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Content: Shows roads, railroads, mills, schools, post offices, and township boundaries.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. ..."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 59 x 41 cm, on sheet 61 x 49 cm
Designed to be folded in cover, 15 x 10 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 61231668
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20645872
Other local Identifier: US172.1.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e16bb5c0-0997-0134-0233-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1877

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colton's map of the county of Westchester" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1877. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e16bb5c0-0997-0134-0233-00505686a51c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1877). Colton's map of the county of Westchester Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e16bb5c0-0997-0134-0233-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Colton's map of the county of Westchester" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e16bb5c0-0997-0134-0233-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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