Museum purchase, 1980.100.1 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Haddam

PublisherPublished by F. W. Beers & Co. American

Date1874

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 5/8 x 14 3/4in. (29.5 x 37.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 3/4 x 14 7/8in. (29.8 x 37.8cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionMap of the town of Haddam, Connecticut, from the town lines of Middlwtown and Chatham to the north, East Haddam to the east, Killingworth and Chester to the south, and Durham and Killingworth to the west. Haddam is divided into districts, marked with broken solid boundary lines. Roads are shown but not labeled. Buildings are depicted as solid black squares and are labeled with the name of the property owner or occupant. Natural features include elevation, conveyed through hachure marks, the Connecticut River, Pine Brook and Salmon River Cove.

Object number1980.100.1

MarkingsVerso, right side, stamped in blue ink: "THE CONNECTICUT / 80916 / HISTORICAL SOCIETY"

Center, stamped in blue ink: "CtHi"InscribedRecto, top, printed in black ink: "HADDAM"

Bottom right corner, printed in black ink: "79"

Transcriptions:

Brainard District
Property owners include: Mrs. E. Chamberlain, J. McNary, P. Eagans, E. Doyle, Roberts, B. Bailey, L. Bailey, J. Treadwell, W.B. Treadwell, A. Clark, Mrs. C. Bailey, A. Freeman, D. and H. Scovil, T.D. Hayes, W. Bailey
Other notable items: school, Hoe Factory, Hoe shops

Higganum West District
Property owners include: A. Bailey, G. Thayer, R. Thayer, C.H. Barker, Mrs. L. Bailey, W. Bailey, G. Bailey, E. Bonfoey, A. Bonfoey, C. Merwin, C. Walkley, T.D. Hayes, W.A. Hayes, O.S. Brainard, A. Brainard, S. Hubbard, D. and H. Scovil, Bates, Mrs. A. Barry, J. Cody, C. Hubbard, C.D. Skinner, D. Skinner, O. Skinner, E. Walkley, G. S. Burr, H. Cook, A.S. Butler, S. Gladding, H. Merwin
Other notable items: Shopboard Rock, Ponset Brook, Higganum Manufacturing Co., Grist Mill

Middle Haddam District
Property owners include: H. Clark, T. Clark, J. Crittenden, S.H. Arnold, L. and A. Selden, L.B. Arnold

Higganum P.O. and adjacent unnamed district to the south
Property owners include: P. Quinn, A. Smith, Mrs. F. Holsey, J.C. Walleley, C. Cone, B. Marble, Mrs. Noyes, H. Brooks, G. Crook, J.C. Walkley, H. Brainard
Other notable items: Cedar Hill, toll gate, school

NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 200 rods

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