Research Catalog

Title

Map of the county of Berkshire, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state. / the details from actual surveys under the direction of Henry F. Walling. Supt. of the state map.

Author

Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888

Publication

• Boston : Smith, Gallup & Co., 1858.
• 90 Fulton St., New York : H.F. Walling's map establishment, 1858.

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Details

Additional Authors

• H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, engraver, printer.
• Smith, Gallup & Co., publisher.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 155 x 154 cm, on sheet 158 x 160 cm

Summary

Subject: Map of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, showing roads, and names of homeowners. Surrounding the map are small maps of villages and views of buildings. Cartouche is of the state seal of Massachusetts.

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US090B.1.04

Subjects

• Buildings
• Massachusetts > Berkshire County
• Cadastral maps
• Maps
• Real property > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > Pictorial works
• Buildings > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > Pictorial works
• Pictorial works
• Berkshire County (Mass.) > Maps
• Landowners > Massachusetts > Berkshire County > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Pictorial works.
• Cadastral maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Includes business directory, statistics (1855 census), and table of distances.
• "Engraved, printed, colored & mounted at H.F. Walling's map establishment no. 90 Fulton St. New York."
• Insets: Savoy Hollow; Windsor Hill; Dalton; North Adams; Hinsdale; South Adams; Hancock; Williamstown; South Williamstown; Blackinton; Geological map of Berkshire County; East Otis; Southfield; Mill River; Lanesborough; Sheffield and Sheffield Plan; Great Barrington; Monterey; Tyringham; Sandisfield and Montville; Hartsville; South Lee; East Windsor or Jordansville; Washington; New Boston; Otis; Glendale; New Marlborough; West New Boston; Cheshire Harbor; North Becket; Lee; Cheshire; Pittsfield; Alford; East Lanesborough; Egremont Plain; Lenox Village; South Egremont; Stockbridge; East Lee; Vandeusenville; Ashley Falls; Housatonic Village; Williamsville; West Stockbridge; North Egremont; Lenox Furnace; Pontoosuc; Curtisville.
• Also includes vignettes: Maplewood -- Sedgwick Institute -- Berkshire Medical Institute Pittsfield -- Collins Institute.
• "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1856 by H.F. Walling in the clerk's office of the District of Massachusetts."

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 16-772

OCLC

883714237

Author

Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888, creator.

Title

Map of the county of Berkshire, Massachusetts : based upon the trigonometrical survey of the state. / the details from actual surveys under the direction of Henry F. Walling. Supt. of the state map.

Publisher

Boston : Smith, Gallup & Co., 1858.

Manufacturer

90 Fulton St., New York : H.F. Walling's map establishment, 1858.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:50,688. 1 1/4 inches to 1 mile (W 73°30ʹ--W 72°56ʹ/N 42°44ʹ--N 42°02ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 755, column 3, no. 2

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: several pieces of map lacking; divided into 2 sheets 158 x 80 cm.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Boston.

United States New York New York.

Added Author

H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, engraver, printer.

Smith, Gallup & Co., publisher.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-772