1849 Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from Original surveys - Size: 16x24 - Ready to Frame - Del

Summary: Notes: General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas. Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Robert P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined on cloth backing). imperfect: Brittle, darkened, missing small sections at edges. Includes note, statistical table, and ill. Inset: Plan of the city of Wilmington / compiled from surveys by G.R. Riddle C.E. 1847, reduction by Rea and Price. Land ownership map, 70 2 copies Created / Published: Philadelphia : Smith & Wistar, 1849.