A plan of the town of New Haven with all the buildings in 1748

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Title: A plan of the town of New Haven with all the buildings in 1748
Creator: Wadsworth, James, 1730-1817, cartographer
Contributor: Schierholz, L.
Published / Created: [between 1880 and 1889?]
Publication Place: New Haven?
Publisher: Engraved and published by L. Schierholz
Description: BEIN Zz35 5 7 Copy 1: In portfolio 75 x 57 cm. Maps of New Haven.
BEIN Zz35 5 7 Copy 2: In portfolio 75 x 57 cm. Maps of New Haven.
BEIN Roll Map 122: Imperfect: Chips and tears throughout, with some loss of map image. Mounted on linen, with a wooden strip at top and wooden rod at bottom. Street names have been added in manuscript.
Engraving of James Wadsmorth's 1748 map of New Haven, of which two manuscript versions exist. For the history of the Wadsworth map, as well as information about additional reproductions, see Dean B. Lyman's An atlas of old New Haven, or "The Nine Squares", New Haven, 1929.
Scale approximated from horizontal bar scale given in rods.
North oriented to the upper left.
Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Extent: 1 map ; 72 x 54 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:2,640
Coordinates: (W 72°55'55"--W 72°55'01"/N 41°18'35"--N 41°17'58").
Language: English

Access: Public
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