Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Beers, S. N.
2. Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.)
3. Lake, L. B.
4. Beers, D. G. (Daniel G.)
5. Gillette, John E.
6. J.E. Gillette & Co., publisher.

Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 162 x 154 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US212.2.01

Subject

1. Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) > Maps
2. Maps
3. Philadelphia Region (Pa.) > Maps
4. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
5. Landowners > New Jersey > Camden Region > Maps
6. Cities and towns > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Region > Maps
7. Landowners > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Region > Maps
8. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Maps
9. Wall maps
10. Camden Region (N.J.) > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Wall maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 17-5212

Note

1. Detailed wall map showing names of property owners, roads, and other details of the area.
2. "Entered according to Act of Congress by John E. Gillette in the year 1860 in the clerks office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
3. Includes insets and business directories.
4. Insets: Philadelphia [showing wards] -- Whitehall -- Haddington -- Somerton -- Bustleton -- Fox Chase -- Germantown -- Bridesburg -- Frankford -- Holmesburg --Tacony -- Paschallville -- Hestonville -- Falls of Schuylkill -- Manayunk -- Kenderton.

Indexed in (note)

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

Author

1. Lake, D. J., creator, surveyor.

Title

1. Map of the vicinity of Philadelphia from actual surveys / by D.J. Lake and S.N. Beers assisted by F.W. Beers, L.B. Lake & D.G. Beers.

Publisher

1. 517, 519 & 521 Minor Street, Philadelphia : J.E. Gillette & Co., 1861.

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:63,360. 1 inch per mile (W 75°37ʹ47ʺ--W 74°40ʹ26ʺ/N 40°19ʹ28ʺ--N 39°33ʹ40ʺ).

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 696, column b, no. 6

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy in 6 sheets, 58 x 84 cm and 58 x 83 cm.

Source

1. US212.2.01

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added author

1. Beers, S. N., creator, surveyor.
2. Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.)
3. Lake, L. B.
4. Beers, D. G. (Daniel G.)
5. Gillette, John E.
6. J.E. Gillette & Co., publisher.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 17-5212