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1765 Valentine View of Harlem, New York
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Title
View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York Septemr 1765.
1863 (dated) 7 x 12 in (17.78 x 30.48 cm)
1863 (dated) 7 x 12 in (17.78 x 30.48 cm)
Description
This is a beautiful view of an impressively bucolic Harlem, New York City, in 1765, as seen from Morisania (Morrisania), in the Bronx. Originally the estate of the Morris family in the Westchester County, Morissania Village (formed in 1840 after the railroad was allowed to run through it) became part of New York City in 1874 and is today part of Bronx. The ferry, established in 1667, is visible in the foreground. The church, visible on the right side of this view, was rebuilt after being destroyed during the American Revolutionary War and finally demolished in 1825. This view was copied from the original manuscript in the British Museum and engraved by George Hayward of 171 Pearl Street, New York, and issued in the 1863 edition of D. T. Valentine's Manual.
Cartographer
David T. (Thomas) Valentine (1801 - 1869) served as the Clerk of the Common Council of New York City. He edited and published a series of New York City almanacs and fact books entitled Manual of the Corporation Of The City of New York. Valentine's Manual, as it came to be called, included facts about the City of New York, city council information, city history, and reported on the progress of public works such as Central Park. The production of this annual manual was the responsibility of the Clerk of the City of New York, a position held at different times by D. Valentine and by Joseph Shannon, who also produced a similar manual. Valentine used his manual to reproduce some of the rarest and most important maps of New York City ever created. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Valentine, D. T., Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, (New York) 1863.
Condition
Very good. Some wear and soiling on original folds. Blank on verso.