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Map of New York and Vicinity.
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Map of New York and Vicinity.
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English: This is a rare large format 1865 folding map of New York City by Matthew Dripps. Covers the entire island of Manhattan as well as parts of Brooklyn, Queens, Hoboken and Jersey City. Shows the city in considerable detail with all streets and, in Manhattan, block numbers clearly shown. Labels most of the peers in lower Manhattan and shows numerous individual buildings with identifying numbers. Where Columbia University now stands, this map reveals a 19th century Lunatic Asylum. In Queens, labels Hunters Point and shows the beginnings of the Long Island Railroad. Shows Central Park in detail exhibiting the fully glory of Olmstead's plan. Dated 1965 under the title and in the copyright, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by M. Dripps in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York” Prepared by Matthew Dripps for issued in David Valentine's 1865 Manual of the Common Council of New York .
Date 1865 (dated)
Dimensions height: 34.5 in (87.6 cm); width: 21.5 in (54.6 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,34.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,21.5U218593
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Geographicus link: NewYork-dripps-1865
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Valentine, D., Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, (1865 edition).

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