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Map Jefferson County, New York : from actual surveys

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Title

  • Jefferson County, New York : from actual surveys

Names

  • Levey, Morris.
  • Shields, J. B.
  • Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.

Created / Published

  • Philad'a [Philadelphia] : J.B. Shields, publisher, [1855]

Headings

  • -  Jefferson County (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Jefferson County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--New York (State)--Jefferson County--Maps
  • -  Villages--New York (State)--Jefferson County--Maps
  • -  Watertown (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Real property--New York (State)--Watertown--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Jefferson County
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Watertown

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names. Watertown city inset shows wards, buildings, larger real-property tracts (not residential lots), and some landowners' names.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Printed in northern/southern segments.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined), present sheets halved to enable folding.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 502
  • -  Includes inset "Plan of Watertown", 17 village insets, list of "Subscribers", local business directories, and illustrations of prominent buildings.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets : mounted on cloth backing, hand colored, laminated ; 137 x 142 cm, sheets 69 x 142 cm, folded to 66 x 69 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3803.J4 1855 .L4
  • G3803.J4 1855 .L4 Copy 2 On 6 sheets, shellacked, darkened, wrinkled, cloth hemmed on outer edges, annotated in gray wash lettering "Jefferson N.Y." on cloth backing, printed adhesive label "Jefferson" affixed to cloth backing of title sheet.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593068

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Levey, Morris, J. B Shields, and Robert Pearsall Smith. Jefferson County, New York: from actual surveys. [Philad'a Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher, 1855] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593068/.

APA citation style:

Levey, M., Shields, J. B. & Smith, R. P. (1855) Jefferson County, New York: from actual surveys. [Philad'a Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593068/.

MLA citation style:

Levey, Morris, J. B Shields, and Robert Pearsall Smith. Jefferson County, New York: from actual surveys. [Philad'a Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher, 1855] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593068/>.