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MapTo the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania this map of the city and liberties of Philadelphia with the catalogue of purchasers is humbly dedicated by their most obedient ... Scale 1:19,800; 100 perches to an in. Cover title: Reed's map of Phila. "Facsimile of Reeds map reproduced by the anastatic process. 200 copies only printed & the plates destroyed." Cadastral map showing land ownership. Hand colored. In lower left corner of cartouche: G. Worley. Includes inset of "A ground plan of the city of Philadelphia," text, lists of land purchasers, and illustrations. LC...
- Contributor: Smith, Lloyd P. (Lloyd Pearsall) - Reed, John
- Date: 1846-01-01
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MapA map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent, From Gentleman's Magazine, [1777] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1307 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Mounted on linen.
- Contributor: Heap, George - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapPlan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing its defences during the years 1777 & 1778, together with the siege of Mud Island on the River Delaware. Scale ca. 1:14,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. "To the Honble. Sir William Howe K.B. general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to West Florida inclusive, &ca. &ca. [Signed:] John Montrésor, chief engineer in America." Imperfect: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island is almost entirely cut off....
- Contributor: Nicole, Pierre
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapPlan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie : ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, ...
Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie le 28 May 1778 Covers Barren Hill and vicinity (Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa.) with Chestnut Hill and Germantown. Relief shown by hachures. Place-names in English. Pen-and-ink, watercolors, wash, and lead pencil. Sectioned to 8 panels and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 20 x 14 cm. Includes descriptive index of American, English, and Hessian military positions. Gift; Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest; Jan. 2000. Available...- Contributor: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier - Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapSeat of war in the environs of Philadelphia: Scale ca. 1:656,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "For the London magazine, 1777." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1314 Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2
- Contributor: Kitchin, Thomas - Baldwin, R. (Robert)
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of the State-House
Perspective view of the State-House Rural buildings shown pictorially with occupants' names. First state of the 1st ed. (without the name "West Jersey" at lower right). Signed in ink on cloth backing: Alex. Stuart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, distance table, and ground-level view of the Statehouse (later Independence Hall). Purchased with funding support from J. Thomas Touchton, Mr....- Contributor: Hebert, L. - Heap, George - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1752-01-01
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MapA Draught of ten lots of ground in the northern liberties of the city of Philadelphia, surveyed the 28th August 1787, beginning at a bridge on the old York Road, N. 2⁰. ... Scale ca. 1:650. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth and paper backing with reinforced edges. Imperfect: Margin deteriorated and torn. Cadastral map. Includes "Annexed coloured plan," ca. 1:1,000 and a note on the Second Presbyterian Church burial ground. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1328 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1787-01-01
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MapThe course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester with the several forts and stackadoes raised by the rebels, and the attacks made by His Majesty's land and sea forces. Scale ca. 1:100,000. Facsimile. Title in margin: Plan of attack on Fort Mifflin, 1777. From the original in possession of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Insets: A plan of Fort Mifflin on Mud Island with the attacks made by the King's troops and vessels.--Profile and plan of the frames or chevaux de frize which formed the Stakadoes in the river. Available also through the Library...
- Contributor: George Barrie & Sons - Faden, William
- Date: 1904-01-01
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MapAn east prospect of the city of Philadelphia Facsim. reproduced from T. Jefferys' Topography of North America, 1768. Includes text, index to points of interest, "A plan of the city of Philadelphia," and ill. of "The Battery" and "The State House." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Jefferys, Thomas - Heap, George - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1900-01-01
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MapA mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. Dedication: To William Penn, Esq., proprietor & governor of Pennsylvania this mapp is humbly dedicated and presented by In° Harris. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The City of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1308...
- Contributor: Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius) - Harris, John - Lea, Philip - Holme, Thomas - Penn, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1687-01-01
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MapA mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. First issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault LAC scc 2019-07-10 update (1 card)
- Contributor: Lea, Philip - Harris, John - Holme, Thomas
- Date: 1687
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MapA survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, under the command of Sir William Howe, since their possession of that city ... Scale 1:14,400; 400 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Annotated: John Montresor, chief engineer. Map sections individually titled: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island [1:2,400]--Plan of the attacks against the rebels works on Mud Island surrender'd 16. November 1777 [1:7,200]--View of the rebel fort and works, on Mud Island comprehending Red-Bank on the Jersey shore; taken from *...
- Contributor: Nicole, Pierre - Montrésor, John
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapTo the mayor, recorder, aldermen, Common Council, and freemen of Philadelphia this plan of the improved part of the city, surveyed and laid down by the late Nicholas Scull Esqr., Surveyor General ... Scale ca. 1:6,100. Title in upper margin: Philadelphia 100 years ago. Facsimile. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pictorial map. The original "Published according to Act of Parliament Novr. 1st 1762 and sold by the Editor's Matthew Clarkson and M. Biddle in Philadelphia." Includes index to points of interest and insets "A" and "B." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
- Contributor: Miller & Moss - Biddle, Mary - Clarkson, Matthew - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1762-01-01
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MapTo the citizens of Philadelphia, this plan of the city and its environs is respectfully dedicated by the editor Scale ca. 1:18,000. Title in lower margin: Philadelphia in 1796. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Pictorial map. From Charles D. Kaufmann's Street atlas of Philadelphia by wards. 1895. Includes index to points of interest and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
- Contributor: Bradley & Company - Varte, P. C. - Kaufmann, Charles D.
- Date: 1895-01-01
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MapTo the mayor, recorder, aldermen, common council, and freemen of Philadelphia this plan of the improved part of the city surveyed and laid down by the late Nicholas Scull, Scale ca. 1:4,900. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes illus. of ships in the river, index to points of interest, and insets "A" and "B." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651; 700
- Contributor: Biddle, Mary - Clarkson, Matthew - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1762-01-01
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MapFac-simile of Holmes-map of the province of Pennsylvania : with the names of the original purchasers from William Penn, begun in 1681. Shows rural landholders' names and lots in the Philadelphia region. Alternate title at top: A map of the improved part of the province of Pennsylvania in America : begun by William Penn, proprietor and governor thereof, anno 1681. Facsim. "Reproduced from the original in the Philadelphia Library by the anastatic process." Original version: A map of the province of Pennsilvania : containing the three...
- Contributor: Smith, Lloyd P. (Lloyd Pearsall) - Greene, Robert - Holme, Thomas - Thornton, John
- Date: 1687-01-01
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MapThis plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the improved parts) Relief shown by hachures. Also shows all buildings, names of wharves and landings along the Delaware riverbank, wooded areas, and tract lines beyond the city borders. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy halved for folding, mounted on cloth backing, and edged with blue-and-white cloth border. Wheat & Brun no. 468. Includes notes, index to points...
- Contributor: Hills, John - Cooke, John
- Date: 1796-01-01
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MapA plan of the city of Philadelphia. Scale not given. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Indexed. Appears in The Philadelphia almanack for the year 1778. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1316 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Norman, John
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapCity & county map of New-York : Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Jersey City & the adjacent waters
City and county map of New-York City street map showing built-up areas, streetcar/railroad lines, river piers (numbered, proprietors identified), municipal wards (numbered), and projected street-system grid to the northern end of Manhattan Island.- Contributor: Lyne, James - Fillmore, Millard - J.H. Colton & Co
- Date: 1857-01-01
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MapA mapp of ye improved part of Pensilvania in America, divided into countyes, townships, and lotts Shows rural landholders' names and lots in Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks Counties. Third issue. Includes indexes of landholders, inset of "The city of Philadelphia, two miles in length and one in breadth," and coat of arms. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
- Contributor: Lea, Philip - Harris, John - Holme, Thomas
- Date: 1687-01-01
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MapFac simile of Reed's map : to the honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania this map of the city and liberties of Philadelphia with the catalogue of purchasers is ... Facsim. of cadastral map showing land ownership. Original version: To the honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania this map of the city and liberties of Philadelphia ... is humbly dedicated by ... Iohn Reed / eng'd by Worley & Bracher. [Philadelphia : s.n., 1774]. Includes text, inset of "A ground plan of the city of Philadelphia," index of landowners, and ill....
- Contributor: Reed, John - Warner, Charles L. - Smither, James - Worley & Bracher
- Date: 1870
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MapA plan of the city of Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, from an actual survey. Scale ca. 1:5,000. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows name and location of important buildings and wharf facilities. Inset: A chart of Delaware Bay and River, from the original by Mr. Fisher of Philadelphia, 1776 [ca. 1:700,000] Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Dury, Andrew - Easburn, Benjamin - André, Peter
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Map[Philadelphia and neighborhood]. Scale ca. 1:20,400. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows line of defense and troops between Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers north of the city, and other fortifications. Also shows names of suburban land owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1326 Available also through...
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent, From Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 23, 1753 p. 373. Includes table of distances "The distances of particular places in this map, from the court house." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1306 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Mounted on paper with linen backing.
- Contributor: Heap, George - Scull, Nicholas
- Date: 1753-01-01
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MapA plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and encampments of His Majesty's forces under the command of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, K.B. Scale ca. 1:21,000. Shows names of rural landholders. Indexed for public buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1327 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 650/2
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1779-01-01