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Map of the City of Hartford, Connecticut

SurveyorSurveyed by E. C. Smith American

SurveyorSurveyed by H. E. Van Zandt American

PrintmakerLithographed by William H. Rease American, 1818 - after 1860

PrinterPrinted by William H. Rease American, 1818 - after 1860

PublisherPublished by Eneas Smith American

Date1859

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 56 x 53 1/2in. (142.2 x 135.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 58 x 54 3/8in. (147.3 x 138.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionStreet map of Hartford, Connecticut, extending from Spring Grove Cemetery to the north, to the Connecticut River to the east, to Wawarme Avenue to the south, and Sigourney Street to the west. The city's wards are labeled on the map. Buildings and their lot numbers are given, with different types of shading for different uses. Notable landmarks include cemeteries; Bushnell and other parks; Trinity College; the Hartford and New Haven; Hartford, Providence and Fishkill; and the Hartford and Springfield Railroads and Union Station. In the top right corner, there is an inset map of Hartford in 1640, and just below it, a map of Hartford school districts. The map is framed with a decorative border of stylized leaves.

Object number2012.312.175

MarkingsRecto, bottom left corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "MAPS / FLAT / 1"InscribedRecto, top right corner, printed in black ink: HARTFORD / IN / 1640"

Center, printed in black ink: "MAP OF / the TOWN of / HARTFORD / CONNECTICUT. / From an actual Survey by EC Smith & HE Van Zandt / Scale 1400 ft. to the inch"

Bottom right corner, printed in black ink: "MAP OF / THE CITY OF / HARTFORD / CONNECTICUT / PUBLISHED BY ENEAS SMITH / FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS BY / E.C. SMITH & H.E. VAN ZANDT. / 1859 / SCALE 250 FT - 1 INCH. / Entered according to an Act of Congress, A.D. 1859, by Eneas Smith, in the Clerks Office, of the Distt. Court, of the Eastern Distt. of Pennsylvania."

Bottom right corner, printed in black ink: "W.H. REASE'S / LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT / N.E. Cor. 4TH & Chestnut Sts. / PHILADELPHIA. / Maps, Portraits, Show Cards, Steam Ships, Views of every Description / EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE / Also Mounting & Varnishing Maps, Cards and Prints of all kinds"
NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 250 feet

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