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Map Map of Kent County, Delaware : from actual surveys

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Title

  • Map of Kent County, Delaware : from actual surveys

Names

  • French, J. H. (John Homer), 1824-1888.
  • Skinner, J. L., C.E.
  • Byles, A. D.
  • R.P. Smith's Map Manufactory.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Published by A.D. Byles, 1859.

Headings

  • -  Kent County (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Delaware--Kent County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--Delaware--Kent County--Maps
  • -  Villages--Delaware--Kent County--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Dover--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Milford--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Smyrna--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Camden--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Frederica--Maps
  • -  Dover (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Milford (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Smyrna (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Camden (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Frederica (Del.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Delaware--Kent County
  • -  United States--Delaware--Dover
  • -  United States--Delaware--Milford
  • -  United States--Delaware--Smyrna
  • -  United States--Delaware--Camden
  • -  United States--Delaware--Frederica

Genre

  • Maps
  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names; the town insets show real-property tracts (lots), building coverage, and owners' names.
  • -  Hand col. to emphasize hundred boundaries/territories and insets.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress by J.H. Byles in the year 1859 in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Brittle, shellacked, cracked, darkened, cloth hemmed at outer edges.
  • -  Includes statistical table, local business directories, and 11 town/village insets (including Dover, Milford, Smyrna, Camden, Frederica).
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 69
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map on 8 sheets : hand col., cloth backing, encapsulated ; 148 x 130 cm., sheets 40 x 67 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3833.K4 1859 .F7
  • G3833.K4 1859 .F7 Copy 2 On 3 sheets, 2 of which are halved/thirded and folded.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593082

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

French, J. H, J. L Skinner, A. D Byles, and R.P. Smith'S Map Manufactory. Map of Kent County, Delaware: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Published by A.D. Byles, 1859. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593082/.

APA citation style:

French, J. H., Skinner, J. L., Byles, A. D. & R.P. Smith'S Map Manufactory. (1859) Map of Kent County, Delaware: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Published by A.D. Byles. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593082/.

MLA citation style:

French, J. H, et al. Map of Kent County, Delaware: from actual surveys. Philadelphia: Published by A.D. Byles, 1859. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593082/>.