Name/Title
Map of Jersey City, Hoboken & Suburbs. Water Commissioners. Appointed by the Act of the State Legislature, March, [1]8, 1851.Entry/Object ID
2002.014.0001Description
Map of Jersey City, Hoboken & Suburbs. Made for John R. Ward, A. L. Van Buskirk, D.S. Gregory, Edwin A. Stevens, Edward Coles, Water Commissioners. Appointed by the Act of the Legislature of New Jersey, March, 18, 1851. By Clerk & Bacot, City Surveyors, Jersey City. Lithographed paper mounted on canvas, 39" high x 54" wide. Scales: roughly 1/4" = 100 feet; 1-7/8" = 1/8 mile.
Not dated other than the legislative act date, probably issued 1851 - 1852. Some later faint pencil notations. Mounted on canvas in the late 1980's.
Hoboken is at the bottom right. Images available:
1. Right third with Hoboken and map title
2. Full map
3-6. Overlapping details of top from left to right
7-10. Overlapping details of bottom from left to rightAcquisition
Accession
2002.014Source or Donor
Hoboken, City of; Haack, Roy, Director of Public ServicesAcquisition Method
DonationCredit Line
Gift of City of Hoboken; Department of Public ServicesMap Details
Date Published
1851 - 1852Map Notes
Date(s) Created: 1851
Date(s): 1851-1852
Level of Description: ItemCondition
Overall Condition
StableOverall Condition
StableGeneral Notes
Note
Display Value: Good
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2004-03-15
