Image Title

:  Hooker's new pocket plan of the city of New York / compiled & surveyed by William Hooker, A.C.S.A., hydrographer & engraver.

Creator

: Hooker, William -- Engraver

Published Date

: 1824

Item Physical Description

: 1 map : hand col. ; 32 x 40 cm.

Notes

: Covers Manhattan south of 15th street on the west and south of 31st street on the east. Note 2.) "Drawn, engraved, printed, published & sold by W. Hooker, instrument maker & chart seller to the U.S. Navy, and agent for the Nautical Store, 202, Water Street, where all the nautical works of Edm. M. Blunt are published & by him inspected." Note 3.) "Entered according to act of Congress, the 27th day of March, 1824, by Wm. Hooker, of the state of N. York." Note 4.) Includes lists of distributors, churches, markets, banks, newspapers, colleges, theaters, gardens, and public buildings. Note 5.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 6.) NYPL copy in Map Div. 01-312: Includes 3 additional distributors ; Copy in Map Div. 01-313: Includes 4 additional names of distributors. Note 7.) Shows ward boundaries.

Standard Reference

: Haskell, D.C. Manhattan maps, 701

Source

: Maps of New York City and State / New York City / Manhattan

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 01-312

Digital ID

: 489850

Record ID

: 337853

Digital Item Published

: 2-28-2005; updated 7-11-2008