Map Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from surveys

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from surveys

Names

  • Henry, M. S., active 1850-1854.
  • Boyer, M. K.
  • McLellan, David, approximately 1825-

Created / Published

  • [Reading, Pa.? : s.n.], 1854

Headings

  • -  Berks County (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Berks County--Maps
  • -  Geology--Pennsylvania--Berks County--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Bernville--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Womelsdorf--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Boyertown--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Hamburg--Maps
  • -  Real property--Pennsylvania--Kutztown--Maps
  • -  Bernville (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Womelsdorf (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Boyertown (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Hamburg (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Kutztown (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Reading (Pa.)--Aerial views
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Berks County
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Bernville
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Womelsdorf
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Boyertown
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Hamburg
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Kutztown
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Reading

Genre

  • Maps
  • Cadastral maps

Notes

  • -  General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; the borough insets also show real property (lot lines, some with numbers) and landowners' names.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Hand col. to emphasize township/borough/city boundaries and areas.
  • -  Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
  • -  Printed in NW/NE/SW/SE segments (sheets).
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, darkened, brittle, cracked, missing small sections along sheet edges.
  • -  Includes text (historical), statistical table, low-angle view of Reading city, and ill. of prominent buildings.
  • -  Insets: Plan of the borough of Bernville -- Geological map of Berks County by J.P. Hiester MD -- Plan of the borough of Womelsdorf -- Plan of Boyertown in Colebrookdale Township -- Plan of the borough of Hamburg -- Plan of the borough of Kutztown.
  • -  LC Land ownership maps, 710

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col., cloth backing ; 97 x 126 cm., sheets 58 x 76 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3823.B5 1854 .H4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012590208

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Henry, M. S., Active, M. K Boyer, and David McLellan. Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania: from surveys. [Reading, Pa.?: s.n, 1854] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590208/.

APA citation style:

Henry, M. S., Boyer, M. K. & McLellan, D. (1854) Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania: from surveys. [Reading, Pa.?: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012590208/.

MLA citation style:

Henry, M. S., Active, M. K Boyer, and David McLellan. Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania: from surveys. [Reading, Pa.?: s.n, 1854] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012590208/>.