Map Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys

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Title

  • Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys

Names

  • Beers, S. N.
  • Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.)
  • Prindle, A. B.
  • Smith, Gallup & Hewitt.
  • F. Bourquin & Co.
  • Worley & Bracher.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt, publishers, 1862

Headings

  • -  Allegheny County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Allegheny County (Pa.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Maps
  • -  Villages--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Maps
  • -  Business enterprises--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Directories
  • -  Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area--Maps
  • -  Allegheny (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Maps
  • -  McKeesport (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--McKeesport

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing relief, roads, railroads, place-names, buildings in rural areas, and householders' names in rural areas.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Also covers the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
  • -  Former wall map hand col. to emphasize boundaries of minor civil divisions (cities, boroughs, townships).
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress by H. & C.T. Smith in the year 1862 in ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Originally printed on multiple sheets now conjoined; at a later date sectioned to 6 panels (3 panels per present sheet) to enable folding.
  • -  LC sheets imperfect: Brittle, missing sections at sheet edges, fold-lined, annotated in pencil and ink.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 701
  • -  Includes 24 insets of towns/villages (including the cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and McKeesport), business directories (some indexed), distance table, statistical table/data, ill., and state coat-of-arms.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets : hand col., cloth backing ; 156 x 149 cm., sheets 81 x 153 cm. and 82 x 152 cm., folded to 81 x 53 cm. and 82 x 153 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.A4 1862 .B4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012592151

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Beers, S. N, F. W Beers, A. B Prindle, Gallup & Hewitt Smith, F. Bourquin & Co, and Worley & Bracher. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt, publishers, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592151/.

APA citation style:

Beers, S. N., Beers, F. W., Prindle, A. B., Smith, G. &. H., F. Bourquin & Co & Worley & Bracher. (1862) Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt, publishers. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592151/.

MLA citation style:

Beers, S. N, et al. Map of Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Smith, Gallupp & Hewitt, publishers, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012592151/>.