Format Map
Contributors Hills, John
Dates 1797
Location Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
Language English
Subjects Buildings
Buildings, Structures, Etc
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States
Wharves
Title
This plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the improved parts) /
Description
Relief shown by hachures.
Also shows all buildings, names of wharves and landings along the Delaware riverbank, wooded areas, and tract lines beyond the city borders.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copy halved for folding, mounted on cloth backing, and edged with blue-and-white cloth border. DLC
Wheat & Brun no. 468.
Includes notes, index to points of interest, statement of presentation dated "Philad'a Sep'r 5th 1796", and imprint of city seal containing coat-of-arms.
1 map ; 67 x 94 cm., folded to 71 x 49 cm.
Creator
Hills, John,
Created Published
Philadelphia : Published and sold by John Hills, surveyor & draughtsman, 1797.
Subject Headings
-  Philadelphia (Pa.)
-  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
-  Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
-  Wharves--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
-  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Notes
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Also shows all buildings, names of wharves and landings along the Delaware riverbank, wooded areas, and tract lines beyond the city borders.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  LC copy halved for folding, mounted on cloth backing, and edged with blue-and-white cloth border. DLC
-  Wheat & Brun no. 468.
-  Includes notes, index to points of interest, statement of presentation dated "Philad'a Sep'r 5th 1796", and imprint of city seal containing coat-of-arms.
Medium
1 map ; 67 x 94 cm., folded to 71 x 49 cm.
Call Number
G3824.P5 1796 .H5
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
g3824p ct001369 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3824p.ct001369
Library of Congress Catalog Number
2007625050
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