Central Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript

Scale [ca. 1:2,450]. Cadastral map. Shows property lines and owners' names, some existing roads and projected streets. Shows relief by hachures. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Annotations in a later hand on the recto of this sheet give the number 20. The map on verso of this one belongs to the same series and is separately cataloged under the title, [Map of the area later bounded by 129th and 158th Streets, Douglass Boulevard and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.].

Scale [ca. 1:2,450]. Cadastral map. Shows property lines and owners' names, some existing roads and projected streets. Shows relief by hachures. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Annotations in a later hand on the recto of this sheet also give the number 21. The map on recto of this sheet belongs to the same series and is separately cataloged under the title, [Map of the area later bounded by 135th and 157th Streets, the Harlem River and Convent Avenue, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.].

Scale [ca. 1:2,450]. Cadastral map. Shows property lines and owners' names, some existing roads and projected streets. Shows relief by hachures. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Imperfect: lacking 15 cm. square at bottom center. Annotations in a later hand on the recto of this sheet give the number 17. The map on recto of this sheet belongs to the same series and is separately cataloged under the title, [Map of the area later bounded by 114th and 137th Streets, the Harlem River and 5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.].

Scale [ca. 1:2,450]. Cadastral map. Shows property lines and owners' names, some existing roads and projected streets. Shows relief by hachures. Pen-and-ink, watercolor on paper. Annotations in a later hand on the recto of this sheet also give the number 18. The map on verso of this one does not belong to the series and is separately cataloged--see Loss, Charles, surveyor. [Map of the area later bounded by 124th and 132nd Streets, 9th Avenue and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York, N.Y.].

Annotated by library on recto: "From the Bute collection probably sent by Sir Charles Stuart to his father." Date of ms. ca. 1777. This ms. appears to be a copy of Sauthier's printed map of that date--compare Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies. Washington: Library of Congress, 1981, p. 250. Also Stokes, I.N. Phelps. Iconography of Manhattan Island, v. 6, p. 355. Date of situation 1776 Nov. Includes descriptive key. Library label on verso. Military topographical map. Covers Manhattan north of modern 105th Street and also the coast of New Jersey and the Bronx.

This manuscript map of Harlem is thought to have been drawn under the direction of James Renwick, whose son and namesake became a famous architect, for the Committee of Defense during the War of 1812. It includes a view of the Hudson River in the inset at the upper right. Military map. Covers the area later bounded by 85th and 135th Streets, Hell Gate and the Hudson River, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Shows fortifications, including batteries and redoubts. Also shows buildings, roads, streams and bridges. Relief shown by hachures, depths shown by form lines.