Research Catalog

Title

Map of Washington Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys / by S.N. & F.W. Beers, civil engineers ; eng'd by Worley & Bracher.

Author

Beers, S. N.

Publication

Philadelphia : A. Pomeroy & S.W. Treat : Assistant Publishers G.G. Soule & E.H. Quick, 1861.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.)
• A. Pomeroy & S.W. Treat, publisher.
• G.G. Soule & E.H. Quick, publisher.
• Worley & Bracher, engraver.

Description

1 map on 2 sheets : hand colored, cloth backing; 147 x 153 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US205.1.09

Subject

• Landowners > Pennsylvania > Washington County > Maps
• Cities and towns > Pennsylvania > Washington County > Maps
• Villages > Pennsylvania > Washington County > Maps
• Business enterprises > Pennsylvania > Washington County > Directories
• Business enterprises
• Cities and towns
• Landowners
• Villages
• Washington County (Pa.) > Maps
• Washington (Washington County, Pa.) > Maps
• Monongahela (Pa.) > Maps
• Pennsylvania > Monongahela
• Pennsylvania > Washington County
• Pennsylvania > Washington (Washington County)

Genre/Form

• Directories.
• Maps.

Note

• General-content county map showing rural buildings with householders' names; also shows householders' names in inset street maps.
• Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries.
• "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by A. Pomeroy in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylv'a."
• Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined, now sectioned to 6 panels to enable folding, 3 panels for each of the 2 present sheets).
• Includes distance table, business directories for most insets, and illustrations.
• Street-map insets: Washington [city] -- Monongahela City -- Venice -- Fredericktown -- Prosperity -- Candor -- Cross Creek -- Eldersville -- Claysville -- Hickory -- West Alexander -- Florence -- Paris -- Hillsborough -- Amity -- West Brownsville -- Ten Mile Village -- California -- Granville -- Cannonsburg -- Beallsville -- Centreville -- Millsborough -- Taylorstown -- Bentleysville -- Greenfield -- Burgettstown -- West Middletown -- Independence.

Indexed In (note)

• Library of Congress. Land ownership maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5174

LCCN

2012592224

OCLC

802832147

Author

Beers, S. N., creator, surveyor.

Title

Map of Washington Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys / by S.N. & F.W. Beers, civil engineers ; eng'd by Worley & Bracher.

Publisher

Philadelphia : A. Pomeroy & S.W. Treat : Assistant Publishers G.G. Soule & E.H. Quick, 1861.

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:42,240. 1 1/2 in. to a mile (W 80°31ʹ09ʺ--W 79°50ʹ20ʺ/N 40°28ʹ40ʺ--N 39°57ʹ07ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Library of Congress. Land ownership maps, 817

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 532, column a, no. 5

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy on 2 sheets, east and west; west sheet is 155 x 78 cm, mounted on paper, 155 x 80 cm, backed by cloth.

Source

US205.1.09

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Library of Congress copy image

Place Name

United States Pennsylvania Washington County.

United States Pennsylvania Washington (Washington County)

United States Pennsylvania Monongahela.

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Beers, F. W. (Frederick W.), creator, surveyor.

A. Pomeroy & S.W. Treat, publisher.

G.G. Soule & E.H. Quick, publisher.

Worley & Bracher, engraver.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5174