Burr's Map of the State of New York

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

L.2004.153 a-e

Description

Engraved and colored map of New York, folded, formerly housed in small previously bound booklet (a - cover & e - back); map fragile and in fragments (b-d & f-g), bordered in decorative meander design: each corner containing a floral medallion within a square; title "NEW YORK. / BY DAVID H. BURR" appears at top, center; map has insets of Niagara River, and area "From Albany to Lake Champlain & L. George"; also insets of "City of New-York," "Environs of New-York" and "Environs of Utica."; map extends from Upper Canada and Lake Ontario in the upper left corner to Lower Canada and Clinton County in the upper right corner to Long Island in the lower right corner to Chautaqua County in the lower left corner (this part attached to back cover); each county colored either blue, yellow, green, orange, or pink; shows borders of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts; cities, towns, railroads, and water bodies depicted; inset of "City of New York" shows grid of streets; other major roads delineated but not labeled; scale of miles appears at bottom right; longitude and latitude lines appear inside border of map; inscribed at bottom left "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern Disctrict of New York;" also inscribed, at bottom right "Engraved & Printed by S. Stiles & Co. Mer. Exchange N.York."; no markings on reverse of map; booklet binding is red-orange in color; title appears in gilt oval with decorative scrollwork outside each corner of oval; decorative border at edges of booklet; title page reads "GUIDE / TO / BURR'S MAP OF NEW-YORK, / AND / Steam-Boat, Stage Railroad / and Canal / REGISTER, / &c. &c. &c. / For the year 1835 / NEW-YORK: / PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON & CO. No. 34 Merchants' Exchange. / 1835;" contains "Alphabetic list of all the Places to be found on the maps;" also contains "STAGE AND MAIL ROUTES;" "STEAM-BOATS;" "WESTERN NAVIGATION;" "LINE OF PACKET BOATS ON THE ERIE CANAL;" and "DISTANCES ON THE CANALS."

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jas. Van Norden

Attribution

Printer

Artist

David H. Burr

Attribution

Cartographer

Manufacturer

J. H. Colton & Company, S. Stiles & Company

Date made

1835

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Sea. Sp. 8197

Display Dimensions: 5 5/16 x 3 1/2 in. (13.5 x 8.9 cm)

Material

Paper (laid), ink, Watercolor, Cardboard, Gilding

Condition

Notes

Remarks: If possible, map should not be handled; booklet broken at binding, separating front cover from back cover; pages of booklet brittle and discolored; map torn at many of the folding creases; separated into four pieces, the smallest still attached to beack cover; extremely fragile and brittle.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes

Notes

Ex-Collection

General Notes