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Map Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 1870. Map showing the location of the different steamship, steamboat, and railroad piers

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Title

  • Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 1870.

Other Title

  • Map showing the location of the different steamship, steamboat, and railroad piers

Names

  • Mackey, Joseph, 1832-1896.

Created / Published

  • N.Y. [i.e. New York] : Joseph Mackey, [1870]

Headings

  • -  Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Central business districts--New York (State)--New York--Maps
  • -  New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
  • -  Shipping--New York (State)--New York--Directories
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York--Manhattan
  • -  United States--New York (State)--New York

Notes

  • -  General street map showing wards, piers, pier numbers, and streetcar lines.
  • -  Shows 1-mile radial distance from City Hall.
  • -  Issued as the summer 1870 no. of "Mackey's shipping indicator" (broadsheet).
  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Joseph Mackey, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
  • -  Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn (halved) at fold line, annotated in ink in lower margin "Deposited June 15ʺ 1870, no. 877."
  • -  Includes text, descriptive directory of ship arrivals/departures, and cameo impression of the District Court.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 25 x 20 cm., on sheet 69 x 52 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:2M3A15 1870 .M4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005625754

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mackey, Joseph. Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square. [N.Y. i.e. New York: Joseph Mackey, 1870] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005625754/.

APA citation style:

Mackey, J. (1870) Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square. [N.Y. i.e. New York: Joseph Mackey] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005625754/.

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Mackey, Joseph. Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square. [N.Y. i.e. New York: Joseph Mackey, 1870] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005625754/>.