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Map of Rensselaer Co., New York

Title
Map of Rensselaer Co., New York / from actual surveys by D.J. Lake & S.N. Beers.
Author
Lake, D. J.
Publication
Philadelphia : Smith, Gallup & Co. Publishers, 1861.

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Additional Authors
  • Beers, S. N.
  • H. & C.T. Smith (Firm)
  • Smith, Gallup & Co., publisher.
Description
1 map : hand colored; 148 x 150 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US167.3.01
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Cadastral maps.
Note
  • County map, showing cities and towns, landowners, post offices, roads, railroads, and major natural features.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Includes a table of distances, local business directories, 31 insets of cities and towns such as: Greenbush -- Valley Falls -- Berlin -- Schaghticoke Hill -- Pittstown -- Hoosick Falls -- Poesten Kill -- Mechanicsville -- Nassau -- Sand Lake -- City of Troy. Scale 1:7,920. "Scale of village plans, 40 rods to 1 in."
  • Also includes vignittes of buildings such as: G.V.S. Quackenbush, dry goods, carpet & oil cloth warehouse, corner Third St. & Broadway, Troy, N.Y. -- Res. of Jacob Y. Kipp, esq., Pittstown, N.Y. -- Troy University, N.Y.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress, by H. & C.T. Smith, in the year 1861, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Indexed In (note)
  • Library of Congress. Land ownership maps
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 16-6012
LCCN
2009583522
OCLC
497537687
Author
Lake, D. J., creator.
Title
Map of Rensselaer Co., New York / from actual surveys by D.J. Lake & S.N. Beers.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Smith, Gallup & Co. Publishers, 1861.
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:42,240. 1 1/2 inches per mile (W 73°47ʹ10ʺ--W 73°15ʹ53ʺ/N 42°57ʹ31ʺ--N 42°27ʹ51ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Library of Congress. Land ownership maps, 546
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 8, page 492, column 3, row 3
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: lacking pieces in the top right corner; and is divided into 6 sheets, 50 x 76 cm, or smaller.
Source
US167.3.01
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Beers, S. N., creator.
H. & C.T. Smith (Firm)
Smith, Gallup & Co., publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-6012 [6 sheets]
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