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Plan of the city of New York : for the use of strangers

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434675


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Title

Plan of the city of New York : for the use of strangers

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Manhattan

Names

Mahon, S. (Publisher)
Chapin, William, 1802-1888 (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1831
Place: N.Y. :
Publisher: Published by S. Mahon,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-1778

Subjects

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

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: "Entered according to act of Congress, 1831, by S. Mahon -- in the Office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New York."
Content: Includes references to places of interest.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Shows wards, streets, and selected buildings.
Citation/Reference: Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 747
Statement Of Responsibility: drawn by Wm. Chapin.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 32 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 45917915
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14978456
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ec155450-c5aa-012f-073f-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1831

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the city of New York : for the use of strangers" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1831. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec155450-c5aa-012f-073f-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1831). Plan of the city of New York : for the use of strangers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec155450-c5aa-012f-073f-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the city of New York : for the use of strangers" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ec155450-c5aa-012f-073f-58d385a7bc34

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