Map and atlas collection, 1685-1981.

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Map and atlas collection, 1685-1981.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155529324

Subjects of the maps include the city of Poughkeepsie, 1685-1978; Dutchess County and other towns and villages within it, 1771-1981; the Great and Little Nine Partners Patents, 1705-1744; the Hudson River, ca. 1700-1979; New York City, 1728-1965; New York State, ca. 1690-1973; the Adirondacks; the Catskills; and Putnam, Greene, Columbia, Ulster, Sullivan, and Westchester Counties. Atlases include Dutchess County, 1876; Massachusetts, 1871; Ulster County, 1875; New Jersey, 1872; New York City and vicinity, 1867; the Hudson River Valley, 1891; and Sanborn insurance maps for Poughkeepsie, 1895, 1945, and 1950.

26 cubic ft., 12 linear ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6880713

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Sanborn Map Company

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The Sanborn Map Company was founded in 1867 with headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to produce maps that would show "at a glance the character of the fire insurance risks of all buildings" in a give community. Since these maps had a very specialized use, "there were usually fewer than twenty orders for a single map sheet". Consequently, even though Sanborn maps are printed works, their rarity is similar to that of manuscript maps. The Sanborn Map Company ceased making its insurance r...

Adriance Memorial Library (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)

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