Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia /

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Map of Delaware Co. and the city of Philadelphia /

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Summary

Shows real-property tracts and landowners' names in rural areas of the county and in the Province Island district of Philadelphia.
Radial distances shown from Philadelphia City Hall.
Depths shown by soundings.
Hand col. to distinguish minor civil divisions (townships, boroughs, cities) and numbered wards in Philadelphia.
Also shows grounds of "International Exposition" in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1876 by G.M. Hopkins in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C."
Includes notes and business directories.
Street-map insets: Borough of Media -- Borough of South Chester [now part of Chester city] -- Borough of North Chester, Chester Twp. [now part of Chester city] -- Borough of Darby -- City of Chester -- Taylorville, Upper Darby Twp. [now part of Drexel Hill].
LC Land ownership maps, 740
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copy imperfect: Brittle, use-worn.
3 copies

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Date

01/01/1876
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Contributors

G.M. Hopkins & Co.
Busch, Edward (Engraver)
Bourquin, F. (Frederick), 1808-
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan, Jr.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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