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Map of New Castle County, Delaware - from original surveys
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Map of New Castle County, Delaware - from original surveys

General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas. Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Robert P. Smith in the. Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined on cloth backing). Includes note, statistical table, and ill. Inset: Plan of the city of Wilmington / compiled from surveys by G.R. Riddle C.E. 1847, reduction by Rea and Price. 2 copies

Date
1849
Mapmaker / publisher
Rea, Samuel M.; Price, Jacob; Riddle, George Read; Smith, Robert Pearsall; Smith & Wistar; Rea & Price
Place
Delaware
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
10,802 × 15,122 pixels

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"Map of New Castle County, Delaware - from original surveys" (1849). Rea, Samuel M.; Price, Jacob; Riddle, George Read; Smith, Robert Pearsall; Smith & Wistar; Rea & Price. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_New_Castle_County,_Delaware_-_from_original_surveys_LOC_2013593084.jpg

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