Map Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from original surveys
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Title
- Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from original surveys
Names
- Rea, Samuel M.
- Price, Jacob.
- Riddle, George Read, 1817-1867.
- Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.
- Smith & Wistar.
- Rea & Price.
Created / Published
- Philadelphia : Smith & Wistar, 1849.
Headings
- - New Castle County (Del.)--Maps
- - Landowners--Delaware--New Castle County--Maps
- - School districts--Delaware--New Castle County--Maps
- - Wilmington (Del.)--Maps
- - United States--Delaware--New Castle County
- - United States--Delaware--Wilmington
Genre
- Maps
Notes
- - General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas.
- - Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries.
- - Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
- - "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Robert P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
- - Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined on cloth backing).
- - LC copy imperfect: Brittle, darkened, missing small sections at edges.
- - Includes note, statistical table, and ill.
- - Inset: Plan of the city of Wilmington / compiled from surveys by G.R. Riddle C.E. 1847, reduction by Rea and Price.
- - LC Land ownership maps, 70
- - 2 copies
Medium
- 1 map : hand col., cloth backing ; 120 x 82 cm., folded to 65 x 47 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- G3833.N4 1849 .R4
- G3833.N4 1849 .R4 Copy 2 Not hand col. (black-and-white), has adhesive labels affixed, trimmed, portions of northeastern sheet cut away.
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2013593084
Online Format
- image