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Map Map of Essex County, New Jersey : from surveys

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Title

  • Map of Essex County, New Jersey : from surveys

Names

  • Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888.
  • Baker & Tilden.
  • H.F. Walling's Map Establishment.

Created / Published

  • New-York : Published by Baker & Tilden, 1859.
  • New York : Drawn, engraved, printed, colored & mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment.

Headings

  • -  Essex County (N.J.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New Jersey--Essex County--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New Jersey--Newark--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New Jersey--Orange--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--New Jersey--Essex County--Maps
  • -  Villages--New Jersey--Essex County--Maps
  • -  Newark (N.J.)--Maps
  • -  Newark (N.J.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
  • -  Orange (N.J.)--Maps
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Essex County
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Newark
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Orange

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map also showing marshes, rural buildings, and householders' names; the city/town/village insets show all buildings and occupants' names.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize municipal (city/borough/township) boundaries and territories; Newark city inset hand colored to emphasize wards.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Prime meridian: New York.
  • -  Map sheets mounted on cloth backing to form northern/southern segments (sheets).
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by H.F. Walling in the ... Southern District of New York."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at some fold lines, originally printed in multiple sheets, sheets conjoined and mounted on cloth backing, missing small sections at sheet edges.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 447
  • -  Includes 10 city/town/village insets (including Newark and Orange), local business directories, and distance table.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets : color ; 146 x 146 cm, sheets 78 x 157 cm and 80 x 157 cm, folded to 78 x 53 cm and 80 x 53 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3813.E7 1859 .W3
  • G3813.E7 1859 .W3 Copy 2 Brittle, darkened, hand colored, on 6 sheets, some sheets mounted on stiff-paper backing, substantial sections of cartographic content torn away/missing and the missing areas have been filled in with parts of an unrelated map (RR map of Indiana), sheets individually encapsulated, some sheets taped at tears/edges.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012593674

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Walling, Henry Francis, Baker & Tilden, and H.F. Walling'S Map Establishment. Map of Essex County, New Jersey: from surveys. New-York: Published by Baker & Tilden, . New York: Drawn, engraved, printed, colored & mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, 1859. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593674/.

APA citation style:

Walling, H. F., Baker & Tilden & H.F. Walling'S Map Establishment. (1859) Map of Essex County, New Jersey: from surveys. New-York: Published by Baker & Tilden, . New York: Drawn, engraved, printed, colored & mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593674/.

MLA citation style:

Walling, Henry Francis, Baker & Tilden, and H.F. Walling'S Map Establishment. Map of Essex County, New Jersey: from surveys. New-York: Published by Baker & Tilden, . New York: Drawn, engraved, printed, colored & mounted at H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, 1859. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012593674/>.