To the citizens of Philadelphia this plan of the city and its environs : is respectfully dedicated by the editors

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Title:
To the citizens of Philadelphia this plan of the city and its environs : is respectfully dedicated by the editors
Creator:
Varle, Charles
Engraver:
Scott, J. T. (Joseph T.)
Name on Item:
P.C. Varlé, geographer & engin'r, del. ; Scott sculp. Philadelphia.
Date:
[1796?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Real property--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 43 x 61 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:
Philadelphia : [s.n.]
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:15,840]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Selected buildings and sailing ships shown pictorially.
Shows built-up and vacant tracts in the urban area; also shows types of vegetation, tilled fields, houses, and householders' names in rural areas.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes index to points of interest, embellished title cartouche, and ill. of public buildings.
27 places of interest indexed.
Identifier:
06_01_008522