Name/Title
Map of Westchester County, New YorkEntry/Object ID
L.2004.142Description
Lithographed, watercolored, highly detailed map of Westchester County, New York; title appears in lower right corner as follows: "Map / of / WEST CHESTER, / COUNTY / New York,;" text continues below title: "From actual Surveys (sic) by / SIDNEY & NEFF, / Civil Engineers & Surveyors. / NEWELL S. BROWN, PUBLISHER. / WHITE PLAINS, / & No. 15 Minor Street / PHILADELPHIA / 1851. / Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1851 by ROBERT P. SMITH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;" "Scale of Miles" and Scale of Perches" appears below the title; map runs from "[missing word] Montgomery" and down the "HUDSON RIVER" on the left and "NORTH SALEM" to "WEST CHESTER" and the "LONG ISLAND SOUND" on the right; areas include "CORTLANDT", "YORKTOWN," "SOMERS," "NORTH SALEM," "OSSINING," "NEW CASTLE," "BEDFORD," "POUND RIDGE," "LEWISBOROUGH," "MOUNT PLEASANT," "NORTH CASTLE," "GREENBURGH," "WHITE PLAINS," "HARRISON," "RYE," "YONKERS," "EAST CHESTER," "SCARSDALE," "NEW ROCHELLE,", "MAMARONECK," "PELHAM," "WEST CHESTER," "WEST FARMS, "Sleepy Hollow;" places and properties of interest include "Van Cortlandt / Manor House," "P. Van Cortlandt," "KAAKEOOTE" [Kykuit], "Beekman Forest," "Tarrytown Cemetery," "D. (sic) Ch. (sic)," "Dr. (sic).S.D. Beekman," "Irving Instite. (sic)," "G. & P (sic) Mill," "S. Mill," "W. Irving," "Sunnyside / Cottage" "Railroad;" "Buttermilk Hill," "GREENBURGH HILLS," "Negro Hills," "Tuckahoe Hills;" water bodies include "HUDSON RIVER," "TAPPAN BAY," "HAVERSTRAW BAY," "LONG ISLAND SOUND," "Croton Aqueduct," "CROTON LAKE OR RESERVOIR," "Pocantico River," "Tibbets Brook," "Grass Sprain," "Shelldrake Brook," " Bronx River;" steamboat landings, docks, hotels; a "STATISTICAL TABLE" with columns marked "Name / of / Towns," "Population / in / 1840," "Population / in / 1850," "Area / in Sq (sic) Miles," and "Area / in Acres" appears in lower right section; illustrations [with text below] appear as follows: "SCHOOL HOUSE / Erected and presented to the School Dist (sic) No (sic) 1 Tarrytown N Y / by Capt. (sic) N. Cobb, A.D. 1850;" "RESIDENCE OF CAPT. N. COBB, / Tarrytown," "WOODLAND / RESIDENCE OF S.S. HOWLAND / Greenburgh," all on the left side; "BOULDER STONE / in the town of North Salem / in the upper right side; "West Chester County Buildings / White Plains," " RESIDENCE OF G.A. PURDY / White Plains," and "RESIDENCE OF M.P. PROUT / East Chester," all in the middle right area; "RESIDENCE OF BYARD CLARKE / Throgs Neck," "VIEW OF THE HIGH BRIDGE / near Harlem;" "RESIDENCE OF CHARLES MILLER / Harrison" at center bottom; map is painted in green, pink, orange, yellow and blue; border is of ornate scroll work with some coloring in green; "Map 72b" written in upper left corner on reverse in red pencil.Made/Created
Manufacturer
Newell S. BrownDate made
1851Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
50-3/4 inWidth
41 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 50 3/4 x 41 in. (128.9 x 104.1 cm)Material
Paper (wove), Linen, ink, WatercolorCondition
Notes
Remarks: Paper map varnished on linen, extremely fragile, severe crease marks; large 6" round water stain in lower left corner; many smaller water stains in middle left edge; upper left larger water stain.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Sidney & NeffNotes
EngineerRelated Entries
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L.2004.141 a-b - Map - Similar item
L.2004.143 - Map - Similar itemGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Oversize map drawerNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library