Date: 1849
Cartographer: William M. Eddy
Delineator: Alex Zakrzewski
Lithographer: Francis Michelin
Colored cadastral map, 20 x 20 inches
Library of Congress
This was a cadastral map used for buying and selling land in the city. The lots on the eastern part of the shore that have a darker color represent the plots in the water tide. Releasing the “water lots” was a way to raise money to the municipality.
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