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Early American Survey Maps

Historical surveys and plans of various towns in 18th-century Massachusetts and Maine, showing land divisions and geographic details.

Plan of Marlborough, made by Andrew Peters, dated November 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Plan of Marlborough, made by Andrew Peters, dated November 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Farmington, made by Lemuel Perham, dated May, 1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Farmington, made by Lemuel Perham, dated May, 1795..... , Maine , Franklin ,county , Farmington
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Plan of Oakham, made by Daniel Walker, dated 1794-5. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Dr. Romayne's ground agreeable to the award by rule of court 1799. text. Documents, Surveys, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Plan of Princeton, surveyor's name not given, dated May 6, 1795..... , Massachusetts , Worcester ,county , Princeton
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Plan of Biddeford, made by Partridge Richardson, dated 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Public library lot , Boston Public Library, Maps, Real property, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Boston Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Plan of Rowley surveyed by Joseph Chapin, dated December, 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Sidney surveyed by Sylvester Moore and Ephraim Ballard, dated March 1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Windsor made by Elias J. Baldwin, dated October 1831 ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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View of Materborn, 1849 Page 69 Recto from a sketchbook with 87 sheets. Materborn paper. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage Materborn
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Atlas of the city of Chelsea and the towns of Revere & Winthrop, Massachusetts : from actual surveys and official plans. plate 13 , Real property, Massachusetts, Revere, Maps, Landowners, Massachusetts, Revere, Maps, Revere Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk: Kirkeoch; Nun Mill, unknown artist, undated, Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 1/2 inches (32.9 × 24.1 cm), architectural subject
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Messrs. V.K. Stevenson & Son's new map of New York City / prepared expressly for their Register 1872. Stevenson, V. K.. Cartographic. Maps. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) , Administrative and political divisions, Buildings , New York (State) , New York (N.Y.), Local transit , New York (State) , New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York (N.Y.), Piers , New York (State) , New York (N.Y.)
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From New York (13) to Poughkeepsie. Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1789. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Middle Atlantic States , Road maps , To 1800, United States , Road maps , To 1800
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Map of a plot of arable land and a plot of pasture, located outside the Stadsbuitengracht opposite the Plompetoren in Utrecht; With representation of roads and waterways. With assignment.
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Plan of Lenox, made by Eldad Lewis, dated November 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Six acres of land near Great Kill 1781. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Peter Van Brugh Livingston's estate in Cliff and Broad Streets 1793. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Plan of Montgomery, surveyor's name not given, dated November 1794..... , Massachusetts , Hampden ,county , Montgomery
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Plan of Sutton, made by Ebenzer Waters, dated Novmeber 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Thomas Barns's land Westchester 1787. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Ohio boundary no. 2 : map exhibiting the positions occupied on the Maumee Bay and river: viz: Turtle Island, the North Cape, and that above Toledo, together with the position of the 'east line,' in its passage of the Maumee River surveyed under the direction of Capt. Talcott, U.S. Engineers, by Lieuts. Hood & R.E. Lee , Lucas County Ohio, Maps, Maumee River Ind. and Ohio, Maps, Erie, Lake, Maps, Toledo Ohio, Maps, Michigan, Boundaries, Ohio, Maps, Ohio, Boundaries, Michigan, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Cherry and Water Street 1803. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Plan of No Town (Princeton), surveyor's name not given, dated 1838 ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Egremont made by David Fairchild, dated December, 1794..... , Massachusetts , Berkshire ,county , North Egremont Massachusetts , Berkshire ,county , South Egremont
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1798 Map of Washington ,. Messenger Collection
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Drawing..
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This medium-strong paper drawing by Francesco Borromini shows a partial floor plan of a cathedral in Albano, executed in graphite with sketching and lettering details.
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Plan of Chatham, surveyor's name not given, dated May 22, 1795..... , Massachusetts , Barnstable ,county , Chatham
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Plan of Cutler's Grant (Porter) made by Nathaniel Merrill, dated 1794-1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Paxton surveyed by Ephraim Carruth, dated May 23, 1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Lowell made by John G. Hales, dated 1831 ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Plan of Millbury made by Hervey Peirce, dated January 1831.... , Massachusetts , Worcester ,county , Millbury
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Plan of the land at Prince Street and Snowhill Street, Boston , Real property, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, Landowners, Massachusetts, Boston, Maps, North End Boston, Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Map of Montague Village , Landowners, Massachusetts, Montague, Maps, Real property, Massachusetts, Montague, Maps, Montague Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Map of plots land, located northeast of the Bleekersgracht near the Hofstede Lubbenes in Utrecht; With the designation of already excavated and still to be digged, of land by Van Noordt. With legend.
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Plan of Kingston surveyed by John Gray, dated May 6, 1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Design for a necklace. Colored reproduction of design for a necklace.
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Colonel De Lancey's cleared land., 1764-08-19
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Plan of Sudbury, 1707 ,. Wayland Historical Maps and Plans
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Plan of Pittsfield surveyor's name not given, dated December 8, 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812-1852, British, Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Preliminary Plan of Dungeon, undated. Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.
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Plan of Dorchester made by Mather Withington, dated September, 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Broadway, 1806-02-08
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PLANO PORCION DE MALAGA 1731. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Plan of Marblehead made by Alfred Ingalls, dated October 1795. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Piece of ground near the stone wall at the Common 1764. text. Documents, Surveys, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Legerkampen van de Hollandse en de Franse legers bij Leuven, ca. 1705. Plan van de Hollandsch en fransche Armee soo als de selve tegenwoordig Gecampeert staan by leuve voor de rievier de diele (title on object). Draughtsman: Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré. Dating: 1705. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 158 mm × w 200 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Survey plat of land grants on Caps River, Saint Domingue. Title supplied by cataloger. Oriented with north to the bottom. Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005.. During the French colonial regime, Saint Domingue became one of the richest European colonies in the West Indies. Like many of the other islands, the economy focused on large sugar plantations, utilizing a sizeable importation of African slaves and taking advantage of fertile soils and an ideal climate. On the eve of the French revolution in 1784, there were approximately a half million slaves, outnumbering the free population 10-1. Life was harsh for the slaves but approximately 30,000 had gained freedom. These freed slaves were often mulattoes (children of French plantation owners and slave women) who had been granted freedom by their masters or black slaves who were able to purchase their freedom. Many of these slaves were able to acquire land, becoming wealthy, as indicated by th
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MONTFERBERG. Paint drawing in black and white from the height of Montferland with the surroundings of arable land, a mill and a road with cart, horse and mens. With inscription. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 2 (1808), p. 34 and see p. 35.
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A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk: Little Sypeland, unknown artist, undated, Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, pen and blue and black ink on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (29.8 × 21.3 cm), architectural subject
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A manuscript map titled 'Isaac Watson resurvey, 1724,' depicting the Isaac Watson Plantation in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, near the Delaware River. Created in 1724 by order of James Alexander, the map measures 40 x 45 cm or smaller and is focused on real property and landownership in New Jersey, specifically within the Delaware River Valley area
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Plan of Boston Corner made by Augustus Tremain, dated June 7, 1840 ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Scenographia or Perspective leather, Jan Brandes, 1787 - 1808 drawing Handwritten treatise written on two double-folded sheets with pen and brush drawings illustrated, over the perspective doctrine. To an existing book. The text is in Latin with Dutch and Swedish notes. Vissebo paper. ink. pencil pen / brush
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Drawing sketch book: Informations and cow-cow registration and red stamp Sale Corot (Page 1) Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875). Drawings Sketch Book: Informations and Cow-Cow Registration and Red Stamp Sale Corot (page 1). Pencil.
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Plan of Ward (Auburn) made by Hervey Peirce, dated February 1831 ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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PLANO DE LA COSTA DE MURCIA - SIGLO XVIII. Location: ARCHIVO-COLECCION. Simancas. Valladolid. SPAIN.
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Greenwich - Foxcraft 1780 - 1810. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Plan of Wales surveyed by James Shurtleff, dated 1794. ,. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
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Map of the Hudson ... from New York Harbor the Fort Washington. Bridges. Cartographic. Atlases, Maps. 1820. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (N.Y.), New Jersey, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) , Maps, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) , Maps, Post roads , New York (State)
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Map of the Schieland Water Board, Decorative Cartouche, Floris Balthasarsz. Van Berckenrode, 1611 - 1635 print paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions. armorial bearing, heraldry Schieland
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Profile of a proposed route for a canal between Buzzards and Barnstable Bays , Canals, Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Maps, Cape Cod Canal Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
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Ink, feather, and watercolor plan by Herzog Albert von Sachsen-Teschen depicting the cup of prairie land for a planned river around 1782, showing topography and landform layout.