Map and atlas collection, 1797-1913.

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Map and atlas collection, 1797-1913.

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Maps of individual lots, Mount Vernon, other villages, developments, and the Town of Eastchester, ca. 1851-1913; farm map for Town of Eastchester, 1861; wall map of the United States, 1843; Sanborn insurance maps for the village of Tuckahoe, 1911; manuscript surveyor's sketch of Paulus Hedl's farm, 1838; photocopy of Christopher Colles' manuscript map of the Town of Eastchester, 1797; and atlases for Westchester County, 1893-1910, and the rural district north of New York City, 1908.

ca. 8 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6882112

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Eastchester Historical Society (Eastchester, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of the Town of Eastchester, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155543730 ...

Colles, Christopher, 1738-1816

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Hedl, Paulus.

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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...