Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from surveys /

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Map of Berks County, Pennsylvania : from surveys /

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Summary

General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; the borough insets also show real property (lot lines, some with numbers) and landowners' names.
Relief shown by hachures.
Hand col. to emphasize township/borough/city boundaries and areas.
Prime meridian: Philadelphia.
Printed in NW/NE/SW/SE segments (sheets).
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, darkened, brittle, cracked, missing small sections along sheet edges.
Includes text (historical), statistical table, low-angle view of Reading city, and ill. of prominent buildings.
Insets: Plan of the borough of Bernville -- Geological map of Berks County by J.P. Hiester MD -- Plan of the borough of Womelsdorf -- Plan of Boyertown in Colebrookdale Township -- Plan of the borough of Hamburg -- Plan of the borough of Kutztown.
LC Land ownership maps, 710

date_range

Date

01/01/1854
person

Contributors

Henry, M. S., active 1850-1854.
Boyer, M. K.
McLellan, David, approximately 1825-
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Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain

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