This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's [sic] environs, (shewing the improved parts,) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof

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This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's [sic] environs, (shewing the improved parts,) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof

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Title:
This plan of the city of Philadelphia and it's [sic] environs, (shewing the improved parts,) is dedicated to the mayor, aldermen and citizens thereof
Title (alt.):
Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs
Creator:
Hills, John, (Surveyor)
Name on Item:
by their most obedient servant John Hills, surveyor and draughtsman ; May 30th 1796 ; engraved by John Cooke of Hendon Middlesex near London.
Date:
1881
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Extent:
1 map ; 66 x 93 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Philadelphia : Republished by Saml. L. Smedley, chief engineer & surveyor
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:7,560]
Language:
English
Notes:
Facsimile of state 2.
Shows names of streets, roads, drainage and points of interest.
Relief shown by hachures.
Oriented with north towards the upper left.
Next to title, engraving: The Seal of the City of Philadelphia.
At left margin, printed inscription, dated Sept. 5, 1796, from Matthew Clarkson, Mayor of Philadelphia.
Includes references to points of interest.
Originally published: Philadelphia : John Hills, 1797 ; [London] : Messrs. John & Josiah Boydell, 1798.
Identifier:
06_01_011481
Call #:
G3824.P5 1796 .H55 1881
Barcode:
39999065685388