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>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 12:54:45 -0500
>From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Map of the city of Williamsburgh...[NY] 1852
 
 
     Dear Mapsters,
 
     A reader here at NYPL is seeking a copy of the following map, of which
     we have one copy in poor condition. I had no luck searching RLIN or
     OCLC, and the reader says he tried U.S.L.C.
 
     Thomas W. Field
 
     Map of the City of Williamsburgh and town of Bushwick including Green
     Point with part of the City of Brooklyn. Surveyed and published by
     Thomas W. Field, 1852.
 
     This is an old wall/roller map, ca. 47 x 59" originally.
     Ours was cut into 4 pieces, and then 8 pieces years ago, and
     encapsulated. Because of the Mylar and the glazing on the original
     map, copies cannot be made from the map in our collection.
     We are looking for an alternative in another library.
 
     The above towns are all in Kings County, and all four were separate
     communities before the 1898 consolidation of the city. Therefore this
     map could be filed as a separate city map under W in a New York State
     file; or under Kings County, or worse, under Brooklyn [although in
     1852 these were independent of Brooklyn/Kings County!].
 
     OK, now that the NYC history lesson is done--anybody out there have
     this? Our reader, actually from California, of all places, would be
     happy to know of it.
 
     Many thanks in advance for your assistance,
 
     Alice Hudson
     Chief, Map Division, NYPL
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