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Map of Somerset County, Pa.

Title
Map of Somerset County, Pa. / surveyed, drawn & published by Edward L. Walker ; engraved by G.F. Schuchman & Co., steam lithography, No. 74 Third St., Singerleys Buildings, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Author
Walker, Edward L. (Surveyor)
Publication
[Pittsburgh?] : [Edward L. Walker], [1860]

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Additional Authors
G.F. Schuchman & Co., engraver.
Description
1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored; 103 x 114 cm, sheets 58 x 65 cm and 58 x 68 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US204.1.08
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Maps.
  • Cadastral maps.
Note
  • General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names; the Somerset and Berlin insets show real-property tracts (lots), building coverage, and owners' names.
  • Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries, township territories, and inset maps.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • "Entered according to Act of Congress in the ... Western District of Penna., Sept. 6th 1860, by Edward L. Walker."
  • Includes note, key to abbreviations, "Statistical table of Somerset County for 1860", local business directories, numerous ill. of local buildings, 2 portraits of local officials, 3 sections showing underground stratification, 14 street-map insets of boroughs/villages, and commonwealth coat-of-arms.
Indexed In (note)
  • Library of Congress. Land ownership maps
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-5166
LCCN
2012592183
OCLC
828612021
Author
Walker, Edward L. (Surveyor), creator, publisher.
Title
Map of Somerset County, Pa. / surveyed, drawn & published by Edward L. Walker ; engraved by G.F. Schuchman & Co., steam lithography, No. 74 Third St., Singerleys Buildings, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Publisher
[Pittsburgh?] : [Edward L. Walker], [1860]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:63,360. 1 mile = 1 inch (W 79°25ʹ03ʺ--W 78°39ʹ30ʺ/N 40°17ʹ07ʺ--N 39°43ʹ17ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Library of Congress. Land ownership maps, 797
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 9, page 231, column c, no. 5
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy in 4 sheets 57 x 59 cm or smaller, mounted on paper and cloth 59 x 61 cm or smaller. Imperfect copy: illustrations (including portraits) along left border trimmed off, darkened, brittle, lacking a few small interior patches, with deteriorated outer edges. In upper left corner: star stamped in blue ink, with manuscript lettering in ink adjacent: James P. Kimball.
Source
US204.1.08
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Pittsburgh.
Added Author
G.F. Schuchman & Co., engraver.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-5166
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