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Plan of the City of Philadelphia, the Capital of Pennsylvania, from an Actual Survey by Benjamin Easburn, Surveyor-General 1776

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Title: Plan of the City of Philadelphia, the Capital of Pennsylvania, from an Actual Survey by Benjamin Easburn, Surveyor-General 1776
Creator: André, Peter
Contributor: Dury, Andrew, publisher
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1776-11-04
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, " A very fine and exceedingly rare plan, giving the names of all the wharves along the sea-front, and indicating the various public buildings, Churches, meeting-houses, &c. The plans extend north to Margaretta St. at Allen and Salter's Wharf, with Clifton's, Moyer's, and Huston's wharves beyond; south it reaches to Wicaco Lane and the old Fort, and west there is only shown Pennsylvania Hospital and six houses on Eighth Street." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 105/137 49.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map 50 x 67 cm., sheet 55 x 77 cm.
Identifier: 105:137 M
433445
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10093
Language: English
Subject: Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: 1776
Place: North America United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia
W 75°/N 40° approx.
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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