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Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg

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Title
Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg
Additional title: Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn and Jersey City and the Village of Williamsburg
Names
Ensign, Thayer & Co. (Publisher)
Atwood, John M., approximately 1818- (Engraver)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1851
Place: New York
Publisher: Ensign, Thayer & Co.
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1441
Topics
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Jersey City (N.J.)
Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Fire protection districts -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Administrative and political divisions
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Drawn and engraved by John M. Atwood.
Statement of responsibility: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844 by Humphrey Phelps in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 44 x 56 cm
Description
Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) south of 32nd Street and Brooklyn north of Sackett Street in Cobble Hill. Shows wards, fire districts, piers, and a few buildings. Includes inset maps of Jersey City (N.J.) and the northern part of Manhattan Island. Oriented with north to the right of sheet. Scale ca. 1:13,500 (W 74°01ʹ--W 73°57ʹ/N 40°46ʹ--N 40°40ʹ). Accompanied by street directory (27 p. ; 15 cm) dated 1850.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087457937
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20283555
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5745f070-ed72-0130-ff8e-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1851: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1851. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8ef7a70-f39e-0130-e83d-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8ef7a70-f39e-0130-e83d-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1851). Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f8ef7a70-f39e-0130-e83d-58d385a7b928

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Map of the City of New York with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City & the Village of Williamsburg