Format Map
Contributors Aschbach, G. A.
Dates 1862
Location Allentown
Bethlehem
Catasauqua
Hokendauqua
Lehigh County
Pennsylvania
Slatington
United States
Language English
Subjects Allentown
Allentown (Pa.)
Bethlehem
Bethlehem (Pa.)
Catasauqua
Catasauqua (Pa.)
Cities and Towns
Hokendauqua
Hokendauqua (Pa.)
Landowners
Lehigh County
Lehigh County (Pa.)
Pennsylvania
Real Property
Slatington
Slatington (Pa.)
United States
Villages
Title
Map of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania : from original surveys /
Contributor Names
Aschbach, G. A.
Created Published
[Allentown] : G.A. Aschbach C.E., 1862
Subject Headings
-  Lehigh County (Pa.)
-  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Lehigh County
-  Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--Lehigh County
-  Villages--Pennsylvania--Lehigh County
-  Real property--Pennsylvania--Allentown
-  Real property--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem
-  Real property--Pennsylvania--Catasauqua
-  Real property--Pennsylvania--Hokendauqua
-  Real property--Pennsylvania--Slatington
-  Allentown (Pa.)
-  Bethlehem (Pa.)
-  Catasauqua (Pa.)
-  Hokendauqua (Pa.)
-  Slatington (Pa.)
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Lehigh County.
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Allentown.
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Bethlehem.
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Catasauqua.
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Hokendauqua.
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Slatington.
Notes
-  General-content county map also showing buildings in rural areas and householders' names; some insets also show relief with contours, real-property tracts, landowners' names, and building coverage.
-  Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
-  Differs from other 1862 ed. in not having a low-angle view of Allentown at the bottom margin.
-  "Entered according to Act of Congress by G.A. Aschenbach in the year 1962 in ... the eastern District of Pennsylvania."
-  LC copies imperfect: Copy 1 rubber-stamped, annotated in black ink/blue pencil/lead pencil; copy 2 brittle, missing small edge sections, rubber-stamped, annotated in blue pencil, adhesive labels affixed. DLC
-  Includes text (historical), notes, table of road distances, statistical table (1860 census), and ill. of industrial plants, business enterprises, and selected residences.
-  Borough and village insets (titles abbreviated): Borough of Allentown -- Millerstown -- Emaus [sic] -- Fogelsville -- New Texas -- Steinsville -- Germansville P.O. -- Borough of Catasauqua -- Lehigh Valley Iron Works and Copley Station -- Saegersville -- Guthsville -- Schnecksville P.O. -- Ironton & vicinity -- Trexlertown -- Orefield and the Orefield mines -- Slatedale P.O. late Labarsville -- Hokendauqua -- Slatington and the adjacent slate quarries -- Siegersville P.O. -- Coopersburg -- Friedensville and the zinc mines -- Bethlehem and vicinity -- Centre Valley.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
1 Map On 2 Sheets : Cloth Backing ; 114 X 145 Cm., Sheets 76 X 177 Cm. and 77 X 177 Cm., Folded to 77 X 45 Cm. Or Smaller.
Call Number
G3823.L6 1862 .A8
Copy 2 is on 5 sheets, hand col., some sheets encapsulated.
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
g3823l la002081 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3823l.la002081


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