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Map Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from actual surveys & recotds

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Title

  • Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from actual surveys & recotds

Names

  • G.M. Hopkins & Co.
  • Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr.
  • Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808-
  • Walter S. Mac Cormac & Co.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : G.M. Hopkins & Co., 1881

Headings

  • -  New Castle County (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Delaware--New Castle County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--Delaware--New Castle County--Maps
  • -  Villages--Delaware--New Castle County--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Delaware City--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--New Castle--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Newark--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Newport--Maps
  • -  Real property--Delaware--Odessa--Maps
  • -  Wilmington (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Delaware City (Del.)--Maps
  • -  New Castle (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Newark (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Newport (Del.)--Maps
  • -  Odessa (Del.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Delaware--New Castle County
  • -  United States--Delaware--Delaware City
  • -  United States--Delaware--New Castle
  • -  United States--Delaware--Newark
  • -  United States--Delaware--Newport
  • -  United States--Delaware--Odessa

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names; city insets (save Wilmington) show real-property tracts (lots), building coverage, and some owners' names.
  • -  Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries and Wilmington city wards.
  • -  Delaware River estuary depths shown by form lines.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.M. Hopkins in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Brittle, shellacked, cracked, darkened, originally printed on separate sheets later conjoined on cloth backing.
  • -  Includes "Census of Delaware" population table, road distance table, 13 city/town insets (including Wilmington, Delaware City, New Castle, Newark, Newport, Odessa), and local business directories (advertisements).
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 71
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map on 8 sheets : hand col., cloth backing ; 160 x 123 cm., sheets 43 x 63 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3833.N4 1881 .G2

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593083

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, Griffith Morgan Hopkins, F Bourquin, and Walter S. Mac Cormac & Co. Map of New Castle County, Delaware: from actual surveys & recotds. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co, 1881. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593083/.

APA citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, Hopkins, G. M., Bourquin, F. & Walter S. Mac Cormac & Co. (1881) Map of New Castle County, Delaware: from actual surveys & recotds. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593083/.

MLA citation style:

G.M. Hopkins & Co, et al. Map of New Castle County, Delaware: from actual surveys & recotds. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins & Co, 1881. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593083/>.