Manuscripts

Map of Grass Valley, California

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Description: This manuscript is a hand-drawn color map titled "Plan of Grass Valley", and drawn circa 1860. The map is not signed, and there is no attribution to an artist. There are names on the map based on mining claims and cabins.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1860.
Call number: mssHM 2278
Provenance: Purchased from Thomas G. Taylor Cat. No. 165, 1923, December.
Dimensions: 28 cm :
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California: Grass Valley; Nevada City

Visual Materials

Collector Carl Mautz acquired some photographs from the William S. May family album in Grass Valley, California around 1990. There are portraits of a young white couple, May and his wife Anna (Conaway) May, and four African Americans - a man, Boz Harrison; a woman, Hannah Harrison; and two girls, Minnie and Fannie Harrison. Anna's father, Carville Conaway, arrived in California from Baltimore in 1851, settling in Grass Valley with his family, who arrived later. The 1850 U.S. Federal Census shows that Carville Conaway had three enslaved people in his household in Baltimore. It is unclear if these are the same people. The tintype of Minnie Harrison has an imprint indicating it was taken in Baltimore. Research information regarding these photographs is in the collection information file. Please see Reader Services for more information. This binder also contains a street view of the Nevada City Courthouse; a group portrait of four men and two horses in Nevada City; and two men in military uniforms.

photCL 581

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Block (map) book for Berkeley, California

Manuscripts

This oversize volume contains almost two hundred hand-drawn maps of city blocks in Berkeley, California (including owners' names, tract names, etc.). The block book contains two loose sheets: block map of "Villa Homestead" (Bay Street and Union Avenue, p.12) and "Map of Pine Terrace" (Pine Avenue, Elmwood Avenue, and Webster Street, 1906, p. 178).

mssHM 79256

Quebec : Ville de l'Amerique septentrionale capitale du Canada a 46 degr. 55 min de latitude avec Titre d'Eveche [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map of Québec and surrounding French settlements. Drawn by Charles Rivez around 1757, it appears to be based on an earlier plan by Robert Villenueve showing the attack on Quebec on October 1690.

mssHM 15428

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Mount Desert Island hand-drawn map

Manuscripts

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mssHM 84246

Quebec. Ville de L'Amerique Septentrionale, dans la Nouvelle France. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map, copied approximately 1757, of a plan of Québec drawn by Robert de Villeneuve in 1690. The map shows the city, harbor and fortifications, including batteries and gun placements. Lightly washed with color, fort and gun sights from the fort are drawn in red. A printed version of Villeneuve's map may be found in Winsor, Justin. A narrative & critical history of America. 1884. Vol. IV:354.

mssHM 15467

Map of Wagon Road Route from Placerville to Carson Valley

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This map formerly laid in Report of Committee on internal improvemets on Assembly Bill, No. 16, which is doc [27] in Appendix of California Assembly Journal, 1855. Lake Tahoe was named Lake Bigler at that time. Ms note: Map of Wagon Rout. "Drawn by George H. Baker from survey by Wm. Henderson, Co. Surveyor of El Dorado Co." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: 152904.

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Map of Grass Valley, California

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