Map of New Castle County, Delaware : from original surveys /

General-content county map showing hundreds (townships), school districts, rural buildings, and householders' names; Wilmington inset shows built-up areas.

Hand col. to emphasize city/hundred boundaries.

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Robert P. Smith in the ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania."

Originally printed on 4 sheets (later conjoined on cloth backing).

LC copy imperfect: Brittle, darkened, missing small sections at edges.

Includes note, statistical table, and ill.

Inset: Plan of the city of Wilmington / compiled from surveys by G.R. Riddle C.E. 1847, reduction by Rea and Price.

LC Land ownership maps, 70

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

2 copies

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