Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wentz, C. W. (Charles Wesley), 1817-1884
2. Stephenson, John L., 1821-1862
3. Connecticut. Commission on Boundary between the States of New York and Connecticut
4. New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Report of the Commissioners appointed to ascertain the boundary line between the States of New-York and Connecticut, appionted April 9, 1856

Description

1. 1 map; 10 x 504 cm, on sheet 19 x 508 cm

Alternative title

1. Diagrams of the New York and Connecticut boundary
2. No. 4, diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary showing the several lines surveyed, with the relative position of each to the best definied traditionary line
3. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US152.1.04

Subject

1. Boundaries
2. New York (State) -- Boundaries -- Connecticut -- Maps
3. Connecticut -- Boundaries -- New York (State) -- Maps
4. New York Region -- Maps
5. Connecticut
6. New York (State)

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5880

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures.
2. Covers Southeastern portion of New York and parts of Connecticut from the Massachusetts state line to the mouth of the Bryam river.
3. Includes 3 ancillary maps.
4. At head of title: No. 4.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. New York (State). Commissioners on the New York and Connecticut Boundary.

Title

1. Diagrams of the New-York and Connecticut boundary : showing the several lines surveyed, with the relative position of each to the best definied traditionary line : to accompany the report of the commissioners on the part of New York to the legislature, April 1857 / C.W Wentz, engineer ; John L. Stephenson, assistant ; Saml. D. Backus [and] J. Tarbell, commrs.

Imprint

1. [Albany, N.Y.?] : [The Commissioners], [1857]

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:15,840. "4 in. to a mile" (W 73°59ʹ--W 73°21ʹ/N 42°02ʹ--N 40°59ʹ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 7, page 161, column 3, row 7

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy is divided in 6 sheets 19 x 89 cm or smaller; have accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 57427- 57432. Library has a second copy of no. 4 [Map Div. 15-6027] mounted on 1 sheet 60 x 182, with no. 1, and the cover page of the report entitled: "Diagrams showing the relative position of various lines refered to in the report of the commissioners on the New York and Connecticut boundary, made to the legistlature of New York, April 1857."

Source

1. US152.1.04

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) Albany.

Added author

1. Wentz, C. W. (Charles Wesley), 1817-1884.
2. Stephenson, John L., 1821-1862.
3. Connecticut. Commission on Boundary between the States of New York and Connecticut.
4. New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Report of the Commissioners appointed to ascertain the boundary line between the States of New-York and Connecticut, appionted April 9, 1856.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5880 [Filed with N.Y.S. Boundaries]
2. Map Div. 15-6027 [Filed with N.Y.S. Boundaries]