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Map Map of Ontario County, New York

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Title

  • Map of Ontario County, New York

Names

  • Beers, S. N.
  • Beers, D. G. (Daniel G.)
  • Dawson, A. R. Z.
  • Gillette, John E.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Published by A.R.Z. Dawson, 1859.

Headings

  • -  Ontario County (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Ontario County (N.Y.)--Surveys--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Ontario County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--New York (State)--Ontario County--Maps
  • -  Villages--New York (State)--Ontario County--Maps
  • -  Real property--New York (State)--Canandaigua--Maps
  • -  Real property--New York (State)--Geneva--Maps
  • -  Canandaigua (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Geneva (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Ontario County
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Canandaigua
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Geneva

Genre

  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; the Canandaigua/Geneva insets show residential lots, lot numbers, land tracts, building coverage, and owners' names.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress by John E. Gillette in the year 1859 in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Originally printed on 6 sheets (later conjoined to form single sheet on cloth backing).
  • -  Printed in western/eastern segments (2 sheets) and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Darkened, brittle, missing small sections along edges, halved (the 2 resulting sheets thirded to enable folding).
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 534
  • -  Includes distance table, local business directories, 28 village/city insets (including Canandaigua and Geneva), and illustrations of prominent buildings.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map on 2 sheets: color ; 152 x 148 cm, folded to 54 x 75 cm and 54 x 76 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3803.O4 1859 .B4
  • G3803.O4 1859 .B4 Copy 2 Also printed on 2 folding sheets (each thirded); hand colored to emphasize town boundaries and some town territories; some village insets also hand colored; less darkened than other copy; trimmed.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593229

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Beers, S. N, D. G Beers, A. R. Z Dawson, and John E Gillette. Map of Ontario County, New York. Philadelphia: Published by A.R.Z. Dawson, 1859. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593229/.

APA citation style:

Beers, S. N., Beers, D. G., Dawson, A. R. Z. & Gillette, J. E. (1859) Map of Ontario County, New York. Philadelphia: Published by A.R.Z. Dawson. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593229/.

MLA citation style:

Beers, S. N, et al. Map of Ontario County, New York. Philadelphia: Published by A.R.Z. Dawson, 1859. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593229/>.