Keywords: 1860 Mitchell Map of New York City, New York (first edition) - Geographicus - NYC-mitchell-1860.jpg A beautiful example of the first edition of S A Mitchell ™s 1860 map of New York City Depicts New York City along with parts of Brooklyn Williamsburg Greenpoint Hoboken and Jersey City Offers wonderful detail at the street level including references to parks individual streets piers ferries and important buildings Colored coded with pastels according to towns Surrounded by the attractive floral border common to Mitchell atlases between 1860 and 1865 This variant differs from later examples 1861-2 of Mitchell ™s New York in that city wards are not defined One of the more attractive atlas maps of New York to appear in the mid 19th century Prepared by S A Mitchell Jr for inclusion as plate 16 in the 1860 issue of Mitchell ™s New General Atlas Dated and copyrighted Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S Augustus Mitchell Jr in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1860 dated Size in 11 13 object history credit line accession number NYC-mitchell-1860 Mitchell Jr S A <i>Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World Plans Of Cities Etc Embraced In Forty-Seven Quarto Maps Forming A Series Of Seventy-Six Maps And Plans Together With Valuable Statistical Tables </i> 1860 First Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of Manhattan New York City 1860 maps Old railroad maps of New York City Old maps showing the West Side Line |