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Map Map of the city of Memphis : including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, Ark. : together with the original grants and their subdivisions

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Title

  • Map of the city of Memphis : including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, Ark. : together with the original grants and their subdivisions

Names

  • Rucker, W. E.
  • Klauprech & Menzel.

Created / Published

  • Cincinnati : Klauprech & Menzel's Lith., 1858.

Headings

  • -  Real property--Tennessee--Memphis--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Tennessee--Memphis--Maps
  • -  Memphis (Tenn.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Memphis

Genre

  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  Cadastral map showing lot numbers and dimensions, block numbers, subdivision names, and some landowners' names.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Oriented with north to the left.
  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1858, by E.W. Rucker in Clerks Office in the District Court og the U.S. for the Western District of Tennessee."
  • -  Pen-and-ink and watercolors pasted together from 4 sheets, taped and sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  In inked script on verso: Memphis, Tenn. &c &c, 1858 E.W. Rucker.
  • -  Copy imperfect: Brittle, soiled, torn, missing small edge sections, taped on recto, discoloration and spotting, taped along fold lines on verso.
  • -  Includes indexed list of references and decorated border.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col., cloth backing ; 120 x 194 cm., sheets 60 x 97 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3964.M5G46 1858 .R8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012586237

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rucker, W. E, and Klauprech & Menzel. Map of the city of Memphis: including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, Ark.: together with the original grants and their subdivisions. Cincinnati: Klauprech & Menzel's Lith, 1858. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012586237/.

APA citation style:

Rucker, W. E. & Klauprech & Menzel. (1858) Map of the city of Memphis: including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, Ark.: together with the original grants and their subdivisions. Cincinnati: Klauprech & Menzel's Lith. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012586237/.

MLA citation style:

Rucker, W. E, and Klauprech & Menzel. Map of the city of Memphis: including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, Ark.: together with the original grants and their subdivisions. Cincinnati: Klauprech & Menzel's Lith, 1858. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012586237/>.