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Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767

Title: Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767 / B. Ratzer, lieutt. in His Majestys 60th or Royal American Regt. ; Thos. Kitchin, sculpt., engraver to His Late Royal Highness, the Duke of York, &c.
Author: Ratzer, Bernard.
Publication: London : Publish[e]d ... by Jefferys & Faden, corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, Jany. 12, 1776.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	south sheet	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 01-308 south sheet	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	north sheet	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 01-314 north sheet	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	south sheet	Cartographic	Supervised use	Map Div. 01-314 south sheet	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person.		Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. 97-6242	Schwarzman Building M2 - Map Division Desk Room 117

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Description

1 map on 2 sheets; 101 x 87 cm., sheets 63 x 93 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 839a.
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Subjects

Note

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Covers Manhattan to Midtown area and parts of Brooklyn.
Shows ward names and boundaries.
Author statements follow dedication.
Appears in Faden's North American atlas.
Includes dedication to "His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart., captain general and governour in chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of New York and the territories depending thereon ...," index to places of interest, and "A south west view of the city of New York, taken from the Governours Island at *."

Indexed In (note)

Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps

Call Number

Map Div. 01-308

OCLC

43490765

Author

Ratzer, Bernard.

Title

Plan of the city of New York in North America : surveyed in the years 1766 & 1767 / B. Ratzer, lieutt. in His Majestys 60th or Royal American Regt. ; Thos. Kitchin, sculpt., engraver to His Late Royal Highness, the Duke of York, &c.

Imprint

London : Publish[e]d ... by Jefferys & Faden, corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross, Jany. 12, 1776.

Cartographic Data

Scale [ca. 1:9,750].

Indexed In:

Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 332

Local Note

Copy in Map Div. 97-6242: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection.

Copy in Map Div. 97-6242: on 1 sheet, but imperfect, mutilated. Parts of NE and NW lacking.

Copy in Map Div. 01-314: lacks inset view.

Copy in Map Div. 01-314: 105 x 91 cm., on 2 sheets, 41 x 91 cm. and 61 x 91 cm.

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Added Author

Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784.

Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Faden, William, 1750?-1836. North American atlas.

Jefferys and Faden, London.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 01-308 [Filed with NYC 1767]

Map Div. 01-314 [Filed with NYC 1767]

Map Div. 97-6242 [LHS 839a; oversize]

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