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(Map of New York Island and vicinity.
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(Map of New York Island and vicinity.

Scale 1:126,720; 1/2 an in. to a mile. Manuscript, pen-and-ink tracing "copied from a map found among the Heath papers in the hands of Amos A. Lawrence, Esq. of Boston, by Henry Stevens, Jr." The Heath papers are now in the Massachusetts Historical Society collections. Area extends from above Dobbs Ferry to Red Hook in Long Island, from Hackensack River to Bynam's River. Shows information of military interest after the Battle of Long Island and before the fall of Fort Washington. Indexed. Vault AACR2

Date
1840
Mapmaker / publisher
Stevens, Henry; Heath, William
Place
New York City
Scale
1:126,720
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
4,752 × 6,314 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"(Map of New York Island and vicinity." (1840). Stevens, Henry; Heath, William. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Map_of_New_York_Island_and_vicinity._LOC_gm71000923.jpg

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