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Map Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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About this Item

Title

  • Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Other Title

  • Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Names

  • Scott, Joshua.
  • Tide Water Canal Company.

Created / Published

  • [Lancaster, Pa.? : Joshua Scott], 1842.

Headings

  • -  Lancaster County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Maps
  • -  Election districts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Maps
  • -  Canals--Maryland--Maps
  • -  Havre de Grace Region (Md.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map also showing rural buildings with householders' names, lot lines in rural subdivisions/villages, and election districts.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Differs from other 1842 ed. in not being hand col., not being shellacked, and in being oriented with north toward the upper right.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1842 by Jos'a Scott, in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  Printed in north/south/east/west segments (sheets).
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 761
  • -  Includes inset of "Tide water canal, Maryland" along Susquehanna River northward of Havre de Grace (Md.); also includes extra printed sections of map border designed to be cut away and repositioned when the 4 sheets are conjoined.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Torn at sheet edges, fold-lined, annotated "Map of Lancaster County" in black-ink script on verso.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : cloth backing ; 123 x 98 cm., sheets 71 x 52 cm. and 71 x 53 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.L3 1842 .S3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012592190

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Scott, Joshua, and Tide Water Canal Company. Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Lancaster, Pa.?: Joshua Scott, 1842] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012592190/.

APA citation style:

Scott, J. & Tide Water Canal Company. (1842) Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Lancaster, Pa.?: Joshua Scott] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012592190/.

MLA citation style:

Scott, Joshua, and Tide Water Canal Company. Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [Lancaster, Pa.?: Joshua Scott, 1842] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012592190/>.