Museum purchase, 2004.141.0 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

The Principal Parts of Norwalk in the Year 1847 with a Plan of the Ancient Settlement

MakerCompiled by Edwin Hall American, 1802 - 1877

PrinterPrinted by Jones & Newman American, 1847 - 1849

Date1847

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

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 17 x 9 3/4in. (43.2 x 24.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 7/8 x 11 7/8in. (45.4 x 30.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionMap of the town of Norwalk, Connecticut, from the road to New Canaan to the north, Betts' Hill to the east, a salt meadow and marsh to the south, and Prospect Hill to the west. The Norwalk River runs north-south through the town. The land lots of the "ancient settlement," dating to the mid-1600s, are depicted below a dotted line on the right side of the map. The lines of the old lots are shown and they are labeled with the original owner's name and the current owner's name in parentheses (if known). Many of the roads are labeled and are lined with small open squares that represent dwellings, also labeled. Shaded squares represent churches and a town hall. The New York and New Haven Railroad runs east-west through the town. Natural features depicted include salt meadows and marshes, the river, Betts' Hill and Grumman's Hill.

Object number2004.141.0

MarkingsRecto, bottom right corner, printed in black ink on sticker: "Maps / Box / 289"

Verso, top right corner, stamped in black ink: "Connecticut Historical Society / Library"InscribedRecto, top left, printed in black ink: "THE PRINCIPAL PARTS / OF / NORWALK, / in the Year / 1847, / with a Plan of the / ANCIENT SETTLEMENT. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1847, / by Edwin Hall. / Lith of Jones & Newman N. York."

Bottom right, in red ink: some of the dates and names in the "ancient settlement" are underlined, and this note is inscribed next to Ed Nash's name: "Father of / first white / child borN iN / Norwalk"

Verso, top right corner, handwritten in pencil: "98663"NotesCartographic Note: No scale

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