Want to know how New York City was in 1850?

First of all thanks for visiting this blog. I too love to explore history as you.

As my personal interest coincides with my professional life - I love my job to spend all my time in preserving the past & present.

Am a Technical Assistant at NY Public Library, NY City. Thanks to my manager for her support in debuting this blog & giving me this opportunity to share information about very rare historical maps.

Let us start with this unique rare collection by NY Public Library. This is how our NY City was in 1850's.

Notes

Map of the city of New York : with an alphabetical list of streets referring to squares pointed out by figures and letters, by which any street may be found instantly. Note 2.) Includes indexes to streets and places, directories to railroad companies and steamboat lines, and note. Note 3.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 4.) Publisher's advertisement on back cover. Note 5.) Shows wards; shows city up to 18th street on west side, 34th Street on east side, and a small part of Brooklyn.

Source

Maps of New York City and State / New York City / Manhattan

If you want to explore more about this - I encourage you to visit our Map Division in 5th Avenue, 42 Street, Manhattan, NY City.

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