Up Neck in 1825
MakerMade by
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Dateabout 1890
MediumDrawing; pencil and ink on lined wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 20 1/8 x 6 3/4in. (51.1 x 17.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 3/8 x 8in. (61.9 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 24 3/8 x 8in. (61.9 x 20.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionManuscript map of the Hartford, Connecticut, area known as "Up Neck." This map shows the northern part of the Neck, from Belden's Lane in the south to the city line of Windsor in the north, and marks with open squares residences, the state arsenal,and a cemetery. The names of homeowners and businesses are provided. There are several roads or lanes noted on the map, most of them labeled with the town or natural feature to which they lead ("Road to Windsor," "To Albany," "To the Meadow"). Mile 1, 2 and 3 are marked on the map as well.
Object number2012.312.16
MarkingsRecto, top left corner, typed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 287"Bottom left corner, typed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / Box / 287"InscribedRecto, top, handwritten in pencil: "Make 2 columns of 'Times'[?]"
Top, handwritten in pencil: "(space for heading")
Top, handwritten in black ink: "Up NECK / IN 1825"
There are nine "X"s marked in pencil on the borders: one at the top, three each on the sides, and two on the bottom.NotesCartographic Note: No scale
Classification Note: In terms of this project, "historical maps" refer to those made at a later date than the time period depicted.
Subject Note: This map is likely related to the book, "Up Neck" in 1825, by Gurdon Wadsworth Russell, published in 1890 by Case, Lockwood & Brainard. There is a map, also called "Up Neck" in 1825, that was included with the publication.
Note the list of property owners along the Road to Windsor in 1825 include:
Samuel Marsh, E. Terry, Judge J.T. Peters, Michael Olcott, Thos. Belden, T Belden Store House, L. Kennedy’s Shop, Benji Pratt, Leonard Kennedy, Moses Burr, John H. Lord, Jas. Sheldon, Harris Olcott, Gurdon Wadsworth, Jas. Anderson, John Bowles (shoemaker), Richard Wadsworth, Archibald Greenfield, Thos. Wells, Miss Patty Goodwin, Church, Joseph Cook, Old Alms House, State Arsenal, Thos. Marvin, I. Lord Skinner, George Church, Rev. Henry Grew, Luther Savage, Josiah Capen, School House, Julius Jones, Nathan Wadsworth, George Cook, Wm. L. Church, Button Factory, John Goodwin, Cookers Shop, Samuel Beckin, Theodore Sheneer, John Sheneer, Benj. Sheneer, T.S Blacksmith Shop, Button Shop, Allyn Goodwin, Moses Goodwin, Abner Wadsworth, Wm. Wadsworth, George Wadsworth, Asa Goodwin, John Sheldon, R. Strong Mather, Thos. Wadsworth, Timothy Marsh, John Millard, Edward Marsh, John Marsh, Hez. Marsh
Note the titles of roads off of the Road to Windsor:
“To the Meadow” , “To Blue Hills”, “Nigger Lane”, “Belden’s Lane”, and “To Albany”
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- Maps and Charts: Finding Your Place in Connecticut History
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