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Map Shearer's map of York County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys

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Title

  • Shearer's map of York County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys

Names

  • Shearer, William Otis.
  • Lake, D. J.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : W.O. Shearer & D.J. Lake, publishers, 1860.

Headings

  • -  York County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--York County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--York County--Maps
  • -  Villages--Pennsylvania--York County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--York--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Dover--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Goldsboro--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Hanover (York County)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Wrightsville (York County)--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Goldsboro--Maps
  • -  York (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  York (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps
  • -  Dover (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Goldsboro (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Hanover (York County, Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Wrightsville (York County, Pa.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--York County

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing townships, rural buildings, and householders' names; the city/borough insets show building coverage and some occupants' names; Goldsborough inset shows lot lines, lot numbers, and owners' names.
  • -  Hand colored in red watercolor to emphasize township boundaries.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress by W.O. Shearer & D.J. Lake in the year 1860 in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined).
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, darkened at fold/cut lines, annotated in lead-pencil on backing, sectioned to 6 panels to enable folding.
  • -  Includes distance table, local business directories, 36 city/borough/village insets (including York, Dover, Hanover, Wrightsville), and illustrations of selected business prem0ises.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 825
  • -  3 copies

Medium

  • 1 map : mounted on cloth backing, hand colored ; 151 x 150 cm, folded to 71 x 52 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.Y6 1860 .S4
  • G3823.Y6 1860 .S4 Copy 2 On 6 sheets, shellacked, differently hand colored from Copy 1.
  • G3823.Y6 1860 .S4 Copy 3 On 6 sheets, shellacked, differently hand colored from Copy 1, cloth hemmed.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012590161

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Shearer, William Otis, and D. J Lake. Shearer's map of York County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: W.O. Shearer & D.J. Lake, publishers, 1860. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590161/.

APA citation style:

Shearer, W. O. & Lake, D. J. (1860) Shearer's map of York County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: W.O. Shearer & D.J. Lake, publishers. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590161/.

MLA citation style:

Shearer, William Otis, and D. J Lake. Shearer's map of York County, Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: W.O. Shearer & D.J. Lake, publishers, 1860. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012590161/>.