Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford, Harlem Commons / by Chas. Clinton. 1824 Dec.

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Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford, Harlem Commons / by Chas. Clinton. 1824 Dec.

These 8 cadastral maps cover 10 of 39 blocks in the area later bounded by 87th and 101st Streets, Park Avenue and Central Park West, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.). Part of this area is now partly submerged beneath the Central Park Reservoir. The maps show lot lines and numbers; later annotations give dimensions for 50 lots "Conveyed to Mrs. Gunning S. Bedford ... 1841."

8 maps on 2 sheets : ms., both sides, col. ; sheets 40 x 33 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7766808

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Bedford, Gunning, 1747-1812

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Gunning Bedford Jr. (April 13, 1747 – March 30, 1812) was an American Founding Father, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress), Attorney General of Delaware, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, Gunning graduated from the College of New Jer...

Clinton, Charles, 1859-1936

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Dr. Charles A. Clinton was born in Ireland and came to the San Francisco in the early 1870s. He served on the Board of Education, City Board of Examination, Board of Health, and Board of Supervisors. As a supervisor, he was chairman of the Committee on Water and Water Rates. In his medical practice he was known for treating epilepsy. From the description of Scrapbook of clippings on Charles A. Clinton and San Francisco water rates, 1893-1898. (California Historical Society). WorldCat...