[The Nicolls map] [map] / copied from the original ms. for Mr. George H. Moore, Librarian of the New York Historical Society, and compared by me, Richard Sims ...

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Map
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English
Published/​Created
[New York : Common Council, 1863] (N[ew] Y[ork] : G. Hayward)
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:19,000]. (W 74°05ʹ00ʺ--W 73°53ʹ00ʺ/N 40°53ʹ00ʺ--N 40°35ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : facsim., mounted on cloth ; 46 x 136 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.5697 D Alcove 6, Drawer 6 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • "Lith. by G. Hayward, 171 Pearl St. N.Y., for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1863."
    • Covers all of Manhattan Island, New York (N.Y.) Shows vegetation, a few buildings and placenames.Shows property and lots.
    • Date of situation 1664-1668--cf. Cohen, Paul E. and Robert T. Augustyn. Manhattan in Maps. NY: Rizzoli, 1997, p. 44.
    • Date of this ms. copy 1862 Mar.
    • Title as commonly used--cf. Cohen, ibid.
    • Oriented with north to right.
    • Includes note on distances.
    • Inset: The towne of New-York (scale [ca. 1:2376]).
    Provenance
    Historic Maps copy is from the estate of N.B. Fox, Princeton class of 1899.
    Inset has prominent title
    • Towne of New-York
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    58662687
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