Map of Blair County, Pennsylvania : from special surveys /

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Map of Blair County, Pennsylvania : from special surveys /

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General-content county map also showing buildings in rural areas, householders' names, and forested areas; real-property tracts, lot numbers, and building coverage also are shown in all the town/village insets (but esp. for Altoona, Hollidaysburg, and Tyrone).
Relief shown by hachures.
Hand col. to emphasize township boundaries and territories.
At foot of statement of attribution: Published by the authors.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859 by Isaac G. Freed in the ... Eastern District of Penn'a."
Originally printed on 4 sheets.
LC sheets imperfect: Shellacked, halved to enable folding, trimmed, north sheet annotated in brown ink on cloth backing: No. 129. Deposited July 7th 18[2 ciphers trimmed off] Isaac G. Freed; copy 2 not shellacked, not annotated, missing small sections along fold lines.
Includes business directories, table of road distances, and ill. of principal buildings.
Town and village insets: Altoona -- Hollidaysburg and Gaysport -- Fostoria -- Collinsville -- Frankstown -- Newry -- Charlotteville -- Davidsburg -- Tyrone City -- Williamsburg -- Martinsburg -- Freedom -- Tipton -- Claysburg -- Foot of Ten, Temperanceville, Duncansville.
LC Land ownership maps, 712
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
3 copies

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Date

01/01/1859
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Contributors

Geil & Freed.
Freed, Isaac G.
Barnes, Rufus L.
Thos. S. Wagner's Lith.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

Public Domain

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