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Map of Jersey City, Hoboken & Suburbs. Water Commissioners. Appointed by the Act of the State Legislature, March, [1]8, 1851.
Map
Map of Jersey City, Hoboken & Suburbs. Made for John R. Ward, A. L. Van Buskirk, D.S. Gregory, Edwin A. Stevens, Edward Coles, Water Commissioners. Appointed by the Act of the Legislature of New Jersey, March, 18, 1851. By Clerk & Bacot, City Surveyors, Jersey City. Lithographed paper mounted on canvas, 39" high x 54" wide. Scales: roughly 1/4" = 100 feet; 1-7/8" = 1/8 mile.
Not dated other than the legislative act date, probably issued 1851 - 1852. Some later faint pencil notations. Mounted on canvas in the late 1980's.
Hoboken is at the bottom right. Images available:
1. Right third with Hoboken and map title
2. Full map
3-6. Overlapping details of top from left to right
7-10. Overlapping details of bottom from left to right
2002.014.0001
2002.014
Hoboken, City of; Haack, Roy, Director of Public Services
Donation
Gift of City of Hoboken; Department of Public Services
1851 - 1852
Date(s) Created: 1851 Date(s): 1851-1852 Level of Description: Item
Stable
Stable
Display Value: Good Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2004-03-15
