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Map Map of Cortland County, New York : from actual surveys

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Title

  • Map of Cortland County, New York : from actual surveys

Names

  • Browne, P. J.
  • Smith, Eneas.
  • Shields, J. B.
  • Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.

Created / Published

  • Cortland, N.Y. : Eneas Smith, publisher, 1855.
  • Philadelphia : J.B. Shields, publisher, 1855.

Headings

  • -  Cortland County (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--New York (State)--Cortland County--Maps
  • -  Cities and towns--New York (State)--Cortland County--Maps
  • -  Cortland (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  Homer (N.Y.)--Maps
  • -  United States--New York--Cortland County
  • -  United States--New York--Cortland
  • -  United States--New York--Homer

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map showing rural buildings and householders' names.
  • -  Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and areas.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by Robert Pearsall Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
  • -  LC land ownership maps, 489
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Brittle, originally printed on multiple sheets (later conjoined), fold-lined, sectioned to 6 panels to enable folding.
  • -  Includes business directories, embellished border (Amerindian, farm animals), and illustrations of prominent buildings.
  • -  Ancillary street-maps: Cortland -- Cincinnatus -- Marathon-Village -- Truxton -- Homer -- McGrawville.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map : mounted on linen, hand colored ; 114 x 87 cm, folded to 75 x 45 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3803.C9 1855 .B7
  • G3803.C9 1855 .B7 Copy 2 Hand colored, not mounted on backing, printed on 2 folded sheets 71 x 120 cm and 76 x 92 cm, signed in ink on verso: From Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia, No. 182, Deposited August 1855.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013586108

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Browne, P. J, Eneas Smith, J. B Shields, and Robert Pearsall Smith. Map of Cortland County, New York: from actual surveys. Cortland, N.Y.: Eneas Smith, publisher, . Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher, 1855. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2013586108/.

APA citation style:

Browne, P. J., Smith, E., Shields, J. B. & Smith, R. P. (1855) Map of Cortland County, New York: from actual surveys. Cortland, N.Y.: Eneas Smith, publisher, . Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2013586108/.

MLA citation style:

Browne, P. J, et al. Map of Cortland County, New York: from actual surveys. Cortland, N.Y.: Eneas Smith, publisher, . Philadelphia: J.B. Shields, publisher, 1855. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2013586108/>.