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A description of the province and city of New York : with plans of the city and several forts as they existed in the year 1695

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    New Yorke 1695

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    No old shelf mark. An 1851 map purporting to show the configuration of lower Manhattan in 1695 to no scale. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Plan of the City of New York

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    The publication date is based on Maverick's address as noted in S. D. Stephens, The Mavericks (1950) p. 181. "J.A. Del. Engrd. by P. R. Maverick 65 Liberty Street." Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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    A plan of the city of New York ... 1776

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    Plan of the City of New York, in North America: Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767

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    Kashnor notes, "Ratzer's famous plan with the rare view. It is number 41 in Phelps Stokes Iconography. It is the best map of New York at the period, and Stokes states that 'even today much used in searching titles.' Of all the views of New York issued during the eighteenth century this is the finest, and its execution most excellent. There is little doubt that the original view was drawn by Captain Thomas Davies, of the Artillery." "For His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart: Captain General and Governour in Chief, In and Over His Majesty's Province of New York and the Terrtiories depending theron in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This Map of the City of New York and its Environs, Surveyed and Laid Down: Is most Humbly Dedicated, by His Excellency's Most Obed. & Humble Servant, B. Ratzer Lieut. in His Majesty's 60th or Royal American Regt." Vignette: A South West View of the City of New York, Taken from the Governour;s Island at *. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, yards, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 585.

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    Honan, Daniel. The surplusage Arising from ye Money Received for ye pay of H.M. forces in the Province of New York for the year 1695

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    This collection contains correspondence and documents primarily accumulated by English civil servant William Blathwayt (1649-1717) in his capacity as a British government official in such roles as Surveyor and Auditor General of Plantation Revenues and Secretary and member of the Lords of Trade. The bulk of the papers date from 1660 to 1709 and chiefly relate to the British colonies in North America and the West Indies .

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