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This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's environs (shewing the improved parts) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof

Title
This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's environs (shewing the improved parts) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof / by their most obedient servant John Hills, surveyor and draughtsman, May 30th 1796 ; engraved by John Cooke of Hendon, Middlesex, near London.
Author
Hills, John, active 1777-1819.
Publication
  • Philadelphia : Republished by Saml. L. Smedley, chief engineer & surveyor, May 30, 1881.
  • 716 Filbert St., Phila. : Photo-lith. by Thos. Hunter, 1881.

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Additional Authors
  • Hunter, Thomas
  • Cooke, John, of Hendon.
  • Clarkson, Matthew, 1733-1800.
  • Boydell, John, 1720-1804
  • Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817
  • Smedley, Samuel Lightfoot, 1832-1894
Description
1 map; 66 x 92 cm
Alternative Title
  • Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US210.1.11
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • Maps.
  • Early maps.
  • Facsimiles.
Note
  • Covers Schuylkill to the Delaware Rivers ; part of Moyamensing to Kingsinton.
  • Shows names of streets, roads, buildings or built-up blocks, drainage and points of interest.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Next to title: The seal of the City of Philadelphia.
  • At left margin, printed inscription, dated Sept. 5, 1796, from Matthew Clarkson, Mayor of Philadelphia.
  • Originally published: Philadelphia : published and sold by John Hills, surveyor & draughsman, 1797; [London] : Published 1st January 1798 by Messrs. John & Josiah Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery & at No. 90 Cheapside.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes references to points of interest.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-946
OCLC
646112110
Author
Hills, John, active 1777-1819.
Title
This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's environs (shewing the improved parts) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof / by their most obedient servant John Hills, surveyor and draughtsman, May 30th 1796 ; engraved by John Cooke of Hendon, Middlesex, near London.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Republished by Saml. L. Smedley, chief engineer & surveyor, May 30, 1881.
Manufacturer
716 Filbert St., Phila. : Photo-lith. by Thos. Hunter, 1881.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:8,000. Not "600 feet to an inch" (W 75°12ʹ42ʺ--W 75°07ʹ54ʺ/N 39°58ʹ02ʺ--N 39°55ʹ51ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Bibliography
Includes references to points of interest.
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 694, column b, no. 5
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Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Cooke, John, of Hendon.
Clarkson, Matthew, 1733-1800.
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, publisher.
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817, publisher.
Smedley, Samuel Lightfoot, 1832-1894, publisher.
Other Editions:
Reproduction of : Hills, John (Surveyor) This plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (shewing the improved parts) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen, and citizens thereof . [London] : John & Josiah Boydell, 1798 (OCoLC)54621221
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-946
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