Map Map of Niagara County, New York


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Title
Map of Niagara County, New York
Contributor Names
Gifford, Franklin.
Geil, Samuel.
Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.
Created / Published
Wilson, N.Y. : Franklin Gifford, publisher, 1852.
Subject Headings
-  Landowners--New York (State)--Niagara County--Maps
-  Real property--New York (State)--Niagara County--Maps
-  Niagara County (N.Y.)--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
-  Niagara County (N.Y.)--Surveys--Maps
-  Lockport (N.Y.)--Maps
-  Lewiston (N.Y.)--Maps
-  Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Maps
-  Wilson (N.Y.)--Maps
-  United States--New York (State)--Niagara County
-  United States--New York (State)--Lockport
-  United States--New York (State)--Lewiston
-  United States--New York (State)--Niagara Falls
-  United States--New York (State)--Wilson
Genre
Cadastral maps
Notes
-  County map showing towns (townships), numbered town subsections, irregular landholdings, rural buildings, and householders' names.
-  Also indicates the vertical and horizontal numbering system of the township/range land subdivision system.
-  Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings.
-  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Robert P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
-  Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries, town territories, and Amerindian land reservations.
-  Mounted in western/eastern segments (sheets).
-  Originally printed on 4 sheets (now conjoined).
-  LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing. missing small edge sections, sheets halved to enable folding.
-  LC Land ownership maps, 522
-  Includes "Description" (text), statistical tables, and 3 landscape illustrations
-  Street-map insets: Plan of Lockport -- Plan of the village of Lewiston, Niagara Co., N. York / by Sam'l Geil -- Plan of the village of Niagara-Falls, Niagara Co., New York / surveyed & drawn by Sam'l Geil -- Plan of the village of Wilson / drawn by Franklin Gifford, surveyor [with index of names[.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  2 copies
Medium
1 map on 2 sheets : color, mounted on cloth backing ; 94 x 131 cm, sheets 101 x 73 cm, folded to 52 x 75 cm
Call Number/Physical Location
G3803.N5G46 1852 .G5
G3803.N5G46 1852 .G5 Copy 2 Also printed on 2 folding sheets (each halved); also hand colored much the same as Copy 1; sheet margins trimmed before mounting.
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3803n.la00522
Library of Congress Control Number
2013593261
Language
English
Online Format
image
Description
County map showing towns (townships), numbered town subsections, irregular landholdings, rural buildings, and householders' names. Also indicates the vertical and horizontal numbering system of the township/range land subdivision system. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Robert P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries, town territories, and Amerindian land reservations. Mounted in western/eastern segments (sheets). Originally printed on 4 sheets (now conjoined). LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing. missing small edge sections, sheets halved to enable folding. LC Land ownership maps, 522 Includes "Description" (text), statistical tables, and 3 landscape illustrations Street-map insets: Plan of Lockport -- Plan of the village of Lewiston, Niagara Co., N. York / by Sam'l Geil -- Plan of the village of Niagara-Falls, Niagara Co., New York / surveyed & drawn by Sam'l Geil -- Plan of the village of Wilson / drawn by Franklin Gifford, surveyor [with index of names[. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies
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Chicago citation style:

Gifford, Franklin, Samuel Geil, and Robert Pearsall Smith. Map of Niagara County, New York. Wilson, N.Y.: Franklin Gifford, publisher, 1852. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593261/.

APA citation style:

Gifford, F., Geil, S. & Smith, R. P. (1852) Map of Niagara County, New York. Wilson, N.Y.: Franklin Gifford, publisher. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593261/.

MLA citation style:

Gifford, Franklin, Samuel Geil, and Robert Pearsall Smith. Map of Niagara County, New York. Wilson, N.Y.: Franklin Gifford, publisher, 1852. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593261/>.

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