A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia

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A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
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Item Information

Title:
A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
Creator:
Scull, Nicholas, 1686?-1761?
Author:
Heap, George, fl. 1715-1760
Publisher:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Name on Item:
survey'd by N. Scull and G. Heap ; engraved by Willm. Faden
Date:
1777
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 62 x 45 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : W. Faden
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:43,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Shows roads and the names of landholders in rural areas.
Includes "table of the distances of the most remarkable places on this plan beginning at the court house" and illustration of "elevation of the state house."
First state of the map, with an unnamed island.
Notes (citation):
Comparative cartography [Stevens & Tree], 69a
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1319
Identifier:
06_01_008204
Barcode:
30000003793148