COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Spielmann and Brush
Date:
1822
Short Title:
Pages 157-158. New York Common Lands
Publisher:
Spielmann & Brush, civil engineers
Publisher Location:
Hoboken, N.J.
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
66
Obj Width cm:
91
Note:
Hand colored cadastral maps. Includes notes. "Original filed in the Dept. of Public Work".
State/Province:
New York
City:
New York City (N.Y.)
Subject:
Real property
Subject:
Roads
Subject:
Deed/Survey
Full Title:
Map of the New York Common Lands as surveyed and laid out into lots n the year 1796 by Casimir Th. Georck : Shewing the same as affected by the avenues and streets laid out by the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature. Resurveyed in the year 1822 by order of the corporation of New York. Isaac S. Ludlam, City Surveyor. Published by Spielmann & Brush, civil engineers, Hoboken, N.J. 1881. (to accompany) Certified copies of original maps of property in New York City.
List No:
13338.115
Page No:
157-158
Series No:
115
Engraver or Printer:
New York (County) Register
Engraver or Printer:
Docharty, Augustus
Engraver or Printer:
Ludlam, Issac S.
Engraver or Printer:
Georck, Casimir Th.
Publication Author:
Spielmann and Brush
Pub Date:
1881
Pub Title:
Certified copies of original maps of property in New York City, filed in the Register's Office and elsewhere, together with the Register's index to maps and important notes regarding the same. Published by Spielmann & Brush, civil engineers, Hoboken, N.J. 1881. Entered according to act of Congress in the year of 1881 by Spielmann & Brush, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Pub Note:
First edition of atlas of the New York common lands as surveyed, with 186 pages of 93 double-page hand-colored lithograph maps and 8 incomplete pages of Notes prepared by Leonard A. Bradley, Counselor at law, concerning the land titles, with detailed information about many of the record series. Note is Lacking pages 9-26. Maps contain brief descriptions of land title records, types of deeds, creating agency, and date span. Showing the original history of the island, with all the block measurements, tracts, lot number, land owner, streets and waterways. Uniform street grid of Manhattan laid on top of the former property lines of farms. Bound in dark red cloth covered boards with title “Filed maps of New-York City, N.Y.” in gilt pasted on front cover and stamped on spine.
Pub List No:
13338.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
104
Pub Height cm:
68
Pub Width cm:
49
Image No:
13338115.jp2
Authors:
Spielmann and Brush
Link To Source
Pages 157-158. New York Common Lands
