Name/Title
Tarwe-Town in the Manor of Phillipsburgh (sic), Westchester Co., NYEntry/Object ID
L.2004.110Description
Lithographed, watercolored map of Tarrytown with various styles of lettering and printed field of green background, pasted on corrugated board, title appears in lower left corner: " Tarwe-town / IN THE MANOR OF /PHILLIPSBURGH, WESTCHESTER CO. N.Y. / One Hundred Years Ago. / GEO. L. WILEY & BRO., C.E. / TARRYTOWN, SEPT. 23D 1880;" map runs from "Kaa Keoot (sic) / 500 feet above tide water" in the upper left corner to the banks of the "HUDSON RIVER" at the bottom left and from land above the "ALBANY POST ROAD" to the "HUDSON RIVER" on the right; other roads include "OLD POST ROAD TO ALBANY," "OLD WHITE PLAINS ROAD," "OLD ROAD in 1780 now MAIN ST. (sic);" "OLD ROAD 1780 now FRANKLIN ST. (sic)," "CONTINENTAL ROAD," "NEW POST ROAD now BROADWAY," "Present MAIN ST. (sic) 1880;" "DIE SLAPERING HAVEN / Whence The English Sleepy Hollow," "High Hill now Prospect Hill / 337 ft. (sic) above tide water," "HIGH RIDGE known in 1880 / as MOUNT ANDRE," "Buttery Hill / Now Cemetery;" "Pocantico River," "Brook now known as Andre Brook," "Wiley's Swamp," " TAPPAN ZEE," "Mill Pond;" places of interest include "Old Mill," "Manor House of Phillipsburgh (sic) / Errected A.D. 1684 Now A.C. Kingsland / Est. (sic)," "Manor Church / Ectd (sic) 1699," "Bridge where Ichabod Crane / had his encounter with / the Headless Horseman," "First halt made at / this house with Andre / after the Capture," "Andre first Sighted / here," "Major Andre of the British Army / taken here Sept. (sic) 23rd 1780 / By Paulding Van Wart and David Williams," "Elizabeth Van Tassel Tavern 1780 / Now Jacob Mott house," "Indian Village of Alipconck / place of Elms in 1659;" "Sloop of War Vulture 1780," "Old Dock / 1780," "Old Ship / Yard," docks, military redoubts; "Scale 600 feet to 1 inch" appears at center bottom; "1780" appears at top, just left of center with a compass arrow to the lower right; elevations and bodies of water are detailed in lines; roads are painted in pale orange; map is bordered by a thin black line, then an open space, then a thicker black line; "F A G" appears in pencil in the lower right corner; reverse side bears a sticker in the bottom center which reads " The A[letters missing] Shop / 53 MA [letters missing] ST. / TARRYTOWN, N.Y. / PICTURE FRAMING - GIFTWARES / [next and last line is mostly torn off];" "MAP #96" is written vertically on the right side of reverse in red pencil with "A" written next to it in lead pencil.Made/Created
Date made
1780Notes
Dates: 1880Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
13-1/4 inWidth
18 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 18 in. (33.7 x 45.7 cm)Material
Paper (wove), inkCondition
Notes
Remarks: Map is pasted on corrugated cardboard and is very fragile; there are numerous tears on the edges and within the body including a large missing section in the title area; some tears have been repaired with cellophane tape and one with paper tape; others have seperated from backing; edges are chipped; all the corners are torn and missing, the worst being the upper right; some tears and chips extend into the body of the map; reverse has chipped edges and the layers of cardboard are seperating; glue shows through on the reverse; both sides are heavily stained and dirty.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
George L. Wiley & Brother, C.E.Notes
EngineerGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 28ANote Type
DepartmentNote
Library