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A plan of the City of New York from an actual survey anno domini MDCCLV

Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) below Delancey Street. Shows political divisions, fortifications, some buildings and natural features. The map also locates churches, markets, and public squares. Dedication: "To the Honourable JAMES DE LANCEY, Esqr, Lieutenant Governor and Commander In Chief In and over the Province of NEW YORK and territories depending thereon In America This Plan of the City of NEW YORK Is Humbly dedicd. By your Honours Most Obet. & Humble Servent G.

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Covers Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) below Delancey Street. Shows political divisions, fortifications, some buildings and natural features. The map also locates churches, markets, and public squares. Dedication: "To the Honourable JAMES DE LANCEY, Esqr, Lieutenant Governor and Commander In Chief In and over the Province of NEW YORK and territories depending thereon In America This Plan of the City of NEW YORK Is Humbly dedicd. By your Honours Most Obet. & Humble Servent G. Duyckinck." Illustrated: city coat of arms, ships, dedicatory cartouche "certum voto pete finum." Includes key to buildings. Ink on paper. Annotated: "Presented to the New York Historical Society by John Pintard 1807"; also "to" in scale statement.
PID
nyhs:235269
NYHS Identifier
M31.1.32 
1593156
Linked Agent
Publisher: printed\, ingraved for and sold by G. Duyckinck
Member of
Revolutionary Era Maps
Genre
maps (documents)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
printed, ingraved for and sold by G. Duyckinck
Type
Still Image
Subject (Topical)
City walls--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Piers--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Ponds--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Fortification--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Church property--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Synagogues--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Markets--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Buildings--New York (State)--New York--Maps
Subject (Name)
Maerschalck, Francis W., d. 1776
De Lancey, James, 1703-1760, dedicatee
Duyckinck, G.
Pintard, John, 1759-1844, donor
Subject (Geographic)
Lower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Battery Park (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
South Street Seaport District (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Civic Center (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
TriBeCa (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Two Bridges (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Delancey Street District (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Little Italy (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
Full Title
A plan of the City of New York from an actual survey anno domini MDCCLV
Contributor
De Lancey, James, 1703-1760, dedicatee
Duyckinck, G.
Pintard, John, 1759-1844, donor
Creator
Maerschalck, Francis W., d. 1776
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1755
Date Issued
1755
Extent
1 map :  copperplate print
ill. ;  48 x 85 cm.
Archival Coordinates
(W74⁰01ʹ10ʺ--.W73⁰59ʹ20ʺ/N40⁰43ʹ20ʺ--N40⁰42ʹ00ʺ)
S3 Archive Link
https://digitalcollectionsfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/2023-09/n_136870-136870-origin…

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