Map Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys
About this Item
Title
- Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys
Names
- Fagan, L.
- Bridgens, H. F. (Henry F.)
- Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.)
- Friend & Aub.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Published by H.F. Bridgens, 1860.
- Phil'a [Philadelphia] : Printed by T.S. Wagner, 38 Hudson St.
Headings
- - Berks County (Pa.)--Maps
- - Landowners--Pennsylvania--Berks County--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Reading--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Bernville--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Boyertown--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Hamburg--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Leesport--Maps
- - Real property--Pennsylvania--Womelsdorf--Maps
- - Reading (Pa.)--Maps
- - Bernville (Pa.)--Maps
- - Boyertown (Pa.)--Maps
- - Hamburg (Pa.)--Maps
- - Leesport (Pa.)--Maps
- - Womelsdorf (Pa.)--Maps
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Berks County
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Reading (Pa.)
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Bernville (Pa.)
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Boyertown (Pa.)
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Hamburg (Pa.)
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Leesport (Pa.)
- - United States--Pennsylvania--Womelsdorf (Pa.)
Genre
- Maps
- Cadastral maps
Notes
- - General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names; the borough insets show real-property tracts (lots) and owners' names.
- - Hand colored to emphasize township/city boundaries and territories.
- - Relief shown by hachures.
- - Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
- - "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by H.F. Bridgens in the ... eastern Dis't of Penn'a."
- - LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, rubber-stamped.
- - Includes distance table, statistical table, tabular post-office directory, and illustrations of prominent local structures.
- - Insets: Plan of the city of Reading / compiled by H.F. Bridgens July 1860 -- Plan of the borough of Bernville Sept'r 1860 -- Plan of Boyertown Oct'r 1860 -- Plan of the borough of Hamburg July 1860 -- Plan of the borough of Kutztown August 1860 -- Plan of Leesport July 1860 -- Plan of Womelsdorf July 1860.
- - LC Land ownership maps, 711
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- - 2 copies
Medium
- 1 map on 6 sheets : mounted on cloth backing, hand colored ; 136 x 157 cm, sheets 75 x 58 cm or smaller
Call Number/Physical Location
- G3823.B5 1860 .F3
- G3823.B5 1860 .F3 Copy 2 Ttrimmed, cloth hemmed at outer edges, annotated on cloth backing in gray watercolor: Berk's Co., Pa.
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012592156
Online Format
- image
LCCN Permalink
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Format
Contributor
Dates
Location
- Berks County
- Bernville
- Bernville (Pa.)
- Boyertown
- Boyertown (Pa.)
- Hamburg
- Hamburg (Pa.)
- Leesport
- Leesport (Pa.)
- Pennsylvania
- Reading
- Reading (Pa.)
- United States
- Womelsdorf
- Womelsdorf (Pa.)