Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Summary
General-content county map also showing rural buildings with householders' names, lot lines in rural subdivisions/villages, and election districts.
Relief shown by hachures.
Differs from other 1842 ed. in not being hand col., not being shellacked, and in being oriented with north toward the upper right.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1842 by Jos'a Scott, in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Printed in north/south/east/west segments (sheets).
LC Land ownership maps, 761
Includes inset of "Tide water canal, Maryland" along Susquehanna River northward of Havre de Grace (Md.); also includes extra printed sections of map border designed to be cut away and repositioned when the 4 sheets are conjoined.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copy imperfect: Torn at sheet edges, fold-lined, annotated "Map of Lancaster County" in black-ink script on verso.
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