Map Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J.

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Title

Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J.

Names

Hughes, Matthew, cartographer.
Friend & Aub.

Created / Published

[Philadelphia?] : Published by Matthew Hughes, 1860.
Philada. [Philadelphia] : Lith. of Friend & Aub.

Headings

- Farms--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
- Farms, Size of--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
- Landowners--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
- Real property--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)--Maps
- Alexandria (N.J. : Township)--Maps
- United States--New Jersey--Alexandria (Township)

Genre

Cadastral maps
Wall maps

Notes

- Township wall map showing individual farms, farmstead buildings, landowners' names, and farm acreages.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Hand colored to emphasize individual farms.
- "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by Matthew Hughes in the ... eastern District of Pa."
- LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, brittle, darkened, extensively tape-mended on verso, mounted on cloth backing, hemmed in cloth (partially missing) along lateral edges.
- Originally printed on 4 sheets (now conjoined on cloth backing).
- Issued with rounded wooden rods attached to upper/lower sheet edges to enable wall hanging and to be rollable for remote storage.
- Includes note, list of map subscribers' names, statistical table of distances between places in the township, and illustrations of principal residences/ farmsteads/gristmills.

Medium

1 map : color ; 159 x 117 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

G3814.A27J15 1860 .H8

Repository

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

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3814a.la002348

Library of Congress Control Number

2015585541

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

https://lccn.loc.gov/2015585541

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Hughes, Matthew, Cartographer, and Friend & Aub. Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J. [Philadelphia?: Published by Matthew Hughes, . Philada. Philadelphia: Lith. of Friend & Aub, 1860] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015585541/.

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Hughes, M. & Friend & Aub. (1860) Farm map of Alexandria Township, Hunterdon Co., N.J. [Philadelphia?: Published by Matthew Hughes, . Philada. Philadelphia: Lith. of Friend & Aub] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2015585541/.

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