Name/Title
Map of Sterling PropertyEntry/Object ID
chs-011112Tags
MapsDescription
This 1856 map shows the Sterling Property in New York, spanning multiple townships and covering 23,000 acres. The orginal is held by the New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections: Sterling Iron And Railway Company Records, 1740-1918, SC14069, Box 2, Folder 3, Item 219.
Pamphlet. A Map: showing the location of the Sterling Iron Estate, Orange County, N.Y. 9 pp. With a colored map of the Sterling property. There is also an ink drawn map of the tract that may or may not belong with the pamphlet. This pamphlet was published in 1856 when the Townsends sought to sell the Sterling Iron Estate and was submitted to prominent men in the iron industry in the hopes of finding a buyer.Collection
New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections.Category
Industry: Iron Mining & Related
Acquisition
Notes
1/30/2008 Reproduced from New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections.Map Details
Area or Region
* Untyped Area or Region
Orange (county) - New YorkDate Published
1856Transcription
Passaic County New Jersey Lake Green-Wood Lake Sterling Mountains Sterling Rockland Kine Mine Mutterson Mine Lah In Mountains Countv Chester Honroe Lark Hramertern Southfield Mountains Map Of The Sterling Property Located In Townships Of Monroe& Warwick, Countrop Orange, State Of New York Containing About 28,000 Acres Mess' Townsend, Proprietors.General Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
Map of the Sterling Property
Located in the Townships of Monroe & Warwick
County of Orange, State of New York
Containing about 23,000 acres
Mess. Townsend, Propretors
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from
A Map:
Showing the the Location
of the
Sterling Iron Estate
situate in
Orange County,
State of New York
with a few concise remarks upon the mineral resources and advantages possessed over all the other mineral regions, as regards cheapness of production,facilities to market and superior quality of metal.
Submitted to the consideration of
Capitalists engaged in the Manufacture of Iron
New York
Printed by Phiar & Co., 22 Beekman Street.
1856
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New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections:
Sterling Iron And Railway Company
Records
1740-1918
SC14069
Box 2, Folder 3, Item 219, Contents
Pamphlet. A Map: showing the location of the Sterling Iron Estate, Orange County, N.Y. 9 pp. With a colored map of the Sterling property. There is also an ink drawn map of the tract that may or may not belong with the pamphlet. This pamphlet was published in 1856 when the Townsends sought to sell the Sterling Iron Estate and was submitted to prominent men in the iron industry in the hopes of finding a buyerCreate Date
October 22, 2024Update Date
February 17, 2026
