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Map Map of Schenectady County, New York

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Title

  • Map of Schenectady County, New York

Names

  • Fagan, L.
  • Ramsay, Henry, surveyor.
  • Dumcke & Keil.

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia?] : Published by L. Fagan, 1856.
  • N.Y. [New York] : Engraved & printed by Dumcke & Keil.

Headings

  • -  Schenectady County (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Schenectady County--Maps
  • -  Villages--New York (State)--Schenectady County--Maps
  • -  Schenectady (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Schenectady--Maps
  • -  Real property--New York (State)--Schenectady--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Schenectady County
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Schenectady

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries/territories and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by L. Fagan in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined).
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, darkened, mounted on cloth backing, sectioned to 6 sheets, cloth-hemmed, north-central sheet imprinted on cloth backing with the figure of Neptune cum trident and with the words "Atlantic Fine Shirting", hand lettered "Schenectady, N.Y." in gray wash on cloth backing.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 558
  • -  Includes text, distance table, 6 village street insets, illustrations of prominent buildings, and large inset of "Schenectady City, surveyed by Henry Ramsay".

Medium

  • 1 map on 6 sheets : color ; 103 x 138 cm, sheets 58 x 49 cm and 58 x 50 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3803.S4 1856 .F3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593232

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fagan, L, Henry Ramsay, and Dumcke & Keil. Map of Schenectady County, New York. [Philadelphia?: Published by L. Fagan, . N.Y. New York: Engraved & printed by Dumcke & Keil, 1856] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593232/.

APA citation style:

Fagan, L., Ramsay, H. & Dumcke & Keil. (1856) Map of Schenectady County, New York. [Philadelphia?: Published by L. Fagan, . N.Y. New York: Engraved & printed by Dumcke & Keil] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593232/.

MLA citation style:

Fagan, L, Henry Ramsay, and Dumcke & Keil. Map of Schenectady County, New York. [Philadelphia?: Published by L. Fagan, . N.Y. New York: Engraved & printed by Dumcke & Keil, 1856] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593232/>.