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MapMap of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized by the state and other original documents General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. In lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress, the 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish, of the State of Pennsylvania. Originally printed on 3 sheets (western/central/eastern). Hand colored (watercolor) to emphasize state...- Contributor: Tanner, Benjamin - Melish, John - Kearny, Francis
- Date: 1822
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Map[Warrantee landholdings in the townships of Wayne County, Pa., ca. 1828-1835] The maps show warrantee landholding boundaries and numbers. The assigned landholders' names are not given. Each map (engraving) covers a single township in Wayne County. Title devised by cataloguer. The engraver's name appears in the lower margin of the Dyberry and Salem Township maps only. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Purchase; Boston Rare Maps; Oct. 2010....- Contributor: Hamm, Phineas Eldridge
- Date: 1828
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MapMap of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized by the state and other original documents General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Originally printed on western/central/eastern sheets. LC copy imperfect: mounted on cloth backing to form 2 folding sheets, sheets quartered to fold to ca. 66 x 62 cm. LC also has separately cataloged hand-colored (later?) version...- Contributor: Tanner, Benjamin - Melish, John
- Date: 1822
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MapThe City of New York as laid out by the Commissioners with the surrounding country Street planning map. Covers all of Manhattan Island (New York, N.Y.) and substantial parts of adjacent counties in New York and New Jersey. Shows existing and proposed streets; also buildings and other structures, streams and other wetlands, political boundaries. Shows relief by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations of surveying equipment used by the...- Contributor: Randel, John
- Date: 1821
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MapMap of York & Adams counties.
Map of York and Adams counties General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Hand col. to emphasize township/city boundaries and territories. "Entered according to Act of Congress June 23d 1821 by D. Small & W. Wagner of the State of Penn'a." LC Land ownership maps, 824 LC copies imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at fold lines, copy 2 soiled, accompanying broadside missing sections...- Contributor: D. Small & W. Wagner
- Date: 1821
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MapMap of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Scale 1:158,400; 2 1/2 miles to an in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress August 27th 1821 by W. Wagner of the State of Penna." Shows mills, forges, and churches. LC Land ownership maps, 759 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1- Contributor: Wagner, William
- Date: 1821
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MapPennsylvania. Shows roads, canals, railroads, and proposed railroads. Counties are distinguished by color. Main mountain ridges are shown by hachures. Earliest general map of the state to show railroads.- Contributor: Finley, A. - Finley, A. (Anthony)
- Date: 1829
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Map[Manuscript map of Kensington in Philadelphia]. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Shows some landowners. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backed paper, with an attached sheet (19 x 34 cm) with a few manuscript numbers. Purchased at the sale of George Gordon Meade's collection. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Meade, George Gordon
- Date: 1820
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MapMap of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania General-content county map also showing election districts. Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries and territories. Relief shown by hachures. Orientated with north toward the upper left. Prime meridian: Washington (D.C.). Published "Lancaster January 1st 1824". Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined). LC copy shellacked, cracked, strongly darkened, rubber-stamped, missing small sections along outer edges, missing small internal sections, halved to enable folding. LC...- Contributor: Scott, Joshua
- Date: 1824
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MapItinéraire pittoresque de fleuve Hudson et des parties latérales de l'Amérique du Nord Catalog Record Only Title-page of atlas engraved; plates mounted. LAC brd 2019-05-16 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-05-24 review- Contributor: Milbert, Jacques Gérard
- Date: 1828
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MapMap of the country between Washington and Pittsburg showing the proposed routes of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Catalog Record Only Relief shown by hachures. Alternate title at top: Internal improvement, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia : 1824. In right lower margin: Top'l Bureau. Photocopy of ms. map in the National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Branch, record group 77. Original map missing corner and edge sections. LC copy rubber-stamped and annotated in ink on verso: Copy from the National Archives, record group no....
- Contributor: United States. Topographical Bureau - United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Cartographic and Architectural Branch - Courtenay, E. H. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Date: 1824
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Collection[Maps of Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 1820-1854].
Pennsylvania title collection--drawer 144 | Pennsylvania title collection--Philadelphia 1820-1854 Catalog Record Only This record covers single general maps of Philadelphia, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian...- Date: 1820
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MapSpecimen of the county maps to be constructed by virtue of an act of the Legislature directing the formation of a map of Pennsylvania. Catalog Record Only Covers Harrisburg region (Pa.). Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Accompanied by: Prospectus of the state map and county maps of Pennsylvania to be published by virtue of an act of the Legislature / by John Melish ([2] p. ; 26 cm.) ; Directions for constructing the county maps, in terms of the act of Assembly ([1] leaf ; 26 x 21 cm.)...
- Contributor: Melish, John
- Date: 1823
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MapGround plan of Reading / Catalog Record Only Cadastral city map showing lot lines, lot numbers, and lot/street dimensions. Hand colored to indicate city blocks, unidentified parts of blocks (differently colored), and city boundary; does not show buildings or landholders' names. Oriented with north to the left. LC copy imperfect: Shellacked [?], use-worn, darkened, cardboard base mounted on cloth backing. Includes text, statistical data, and color illustrations. Also includes aerial view of...
- Contributor: Richards, H. M.
- Date: 1825