A map of lands along the Niagara River : copy of contracted map

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Title:

A map of lands along the Niagara River : copy of contracted map

Author:

Randall, John, cartographer.

Personal Author:

Randall, John, cartographer.

Publication Information:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1840?]

Physical Description:

1 map : black and white (pen & ink) ; 76 x 40 cm

Summary:

A pen-and-ink copy by the cartographer of his 1805 map of the Niagara Reserve and its divisions for the State of New York ; some lands are labelled with their owners' names. The original map is also reproduced on pp. 59-62, v. 1 of Edward Dean Adams, Niagara power : History of the Niagara Falls Power Company (privately printed, 1927), and includes a numbered list of lots sold at auction on February 26, 1805, with purchasers, acreage, and price paid per acre.

General Note:

"Scale: Eighty chains to an inch."

Language:

English

Local Note:

Drawn on plain linen.

Subject Term:

Real property -- New York (State) -- Niagara Frontier -- Maps.

Geographic Term:

Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- Maps.

Niagara River Valley (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.

Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Maps.