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Map Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J.

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Title

  • Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J.

Names

  • Hughes, Matthew, cartographer.
  • Friend & Aub.

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia?] : Published by Matthew Hughes, 1860.
  • Philada. [Philadelphia] : Lith. of Friend & Aub.

Headings

  • -  Farms--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
  • -  Farms, Size of--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
  • -  Real property--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
  • -  Alexandria (N.J. : Township)--Maps
  • -  United States--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)

Genre

  • Cadastral maps
  • Wall maps

Notes

  • -  Township wall map showing individual farms, farmstead buildings, landowners' names, and farm acreages.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize individual farms.
  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by Matthew Hughes in the ... eastern District of Pa."
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, brittle, darkened, extensively tape-mended on verso, mounted on cloth backing, hemmed in cloth (partially missing) along lateral edges.
  • -  Originally printed on 4 sheets (now conjoined on cloth backing).
  • -  Issued with rounded wooden rods attached to upper/lower sheet edges to enable wall hanging and to be rollable for remote storage.
  • -  Includes note, list of map subscribers' names, statistical table of distances between places in the township, and illustrations of principal residences/ farmsteads/gristmills.

Medium

  • 1 map : color ; 159 x 117 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3814.A27J15 1860 .H8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015585541

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hughes, Matthew, Cartographer, and Friend & Aub. Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J. [Philadelphia?: Published by Matthew Hughes, . Philada. Philadelphia: Lith. of Friend & Aub, 1860] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015585541/.

APA citation style:

Hughes, M. & Friend & Aub. (1860) Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J. [Philadelphia?: Published by Matthew Hughes, . Philada. Philadelphia: Lith. of Friend & Aub] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015585541/.

MLA citation style:

Hughes, Matthew, Cartographer, and Friend & Aub. Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J. [Philadelphia?: Published by Matthew Hughes, . Philada. Philadelphia: Lith. of Friend & Aub, 1860] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015585541/>.