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Author	Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century.
Title	Map of the city of New York : with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City, the village of Williamsburg / drawn & engraved by John M. Atwood.
Publication Info.	New York : Published by H. Phelps, 1846, c 1844.

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Small	Z-S P539 M2	IN LIBRARY

Description	1 sheet : hand col. map ; 44 x 56 cm., folded in cloth cover 15 x 10 cm.
Note	Oriented with north to upper right.
	Circles denote half miles from City Hall.
	Insets: Jersey City -- Northern part of New York Island.
	Includes information regarding fire alarms.
	"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844 by Humphrey Phelps in ... the Southern District of New York."
	Historical events and statistics on front paste-down.
	Binding: teal blue cloth; blind stamped border ornaments; title within rectangular vignette stamped in gold.
Indexed In:	Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 781
Local Note	Library copy signed inside front cover: Sarah E. White's.
Subject	New York (N.Y.) -- Maps.
	Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
	Williamsburgh (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
	Jersey City (N.J.) -- Maps.
Genre or Form	Autographs (Provenance) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
	Contemporary bindings (Binding) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
	Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century.
Added Author	Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818.
	White, Sarah E., former owner, signer.
	Phelps & Ensign.
Cover Title	Phelps & Ensign's map of the city of New York

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