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Map of Morris County, New Jersey : from original surveys /

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General-content county wall map showing rural buildings and householders' names.

Relief shown by hachures.

Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries.

Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined to form single wall-map sheet).

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1853 by R.P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."

LC copy imperfect: Original conjoined sheet quartered, mounted on cloth backing to enable folding, torn, wrinkled.

LC Land ownership maps, 460

Includes text, 2 extremity insets, and illustrations of prominent buildings.

Two street-map insets showing buildings and occupants' names: Plan of Dover / surveyed & drawn by S. Geil -- Plan of Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

2 copies

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01/01/1853
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Contributors

Lightfoot, Jesse (Surveyor)
Geil, Samuel.
Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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Public Domain

label_outline Explore Samuel Geil, Morris County Nj, Robert Pearsall Smith

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morris county nj maps landowners new jersey morris county dover morristown dover nj morristown nj united states wall maps morris nj township map morris surveys 1853 map of new jersey county landownership maps cultural landscapes geography and map division samuel geil jesse lightfoot robert pearsall smith ultra high resolution high resolution old maps of pennsylvania historic map old world map