Map of the Corlear's Hook Farm, Situated in the present Seventh Ward

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Very good. Professionally relined with fresh linen. Size 24.5 x 36 Inches. This is a rare 1881 Heinrich Windwart map of the New York City's Lower East Side, from Grand Street to the East River and from Montgomery to East Street, a region once known as the Corlear's Hook Farm. This is most likely the earliest specific published map of this part of New York. The meticulously compiled map illustrates multiple estates, including those of Nicholas Romayne, Nicholas Gouverneur, James Blanchard, Nicholas Cruger, Nicholas Low, Edward Laight, Stringham, Quackenbos, McComb, Roome, Willima Low, and the Gardner state. It illustrates the original waterline of Manhattan before the mid-19th century landfills. In addition, it shows underwater lands belonging to the Corporation of New York according to the legislative act of 1871. The Lotting of Manhattan In the early 19th century most of Manhattan was undeveloped farm lands, the property of wealthy landowners with claims dating to the Dutch period of New York's history. The northern two thirds of Manhattan was dotted with farmlands and sprawling gentlemanly estates, many with great manor houses overlooking the Hudson River. The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 and the 1807 Commission Law, laid the street grid through many of these properties and gave the city the right to claim these lands under eminent domain, providing due compensation to the landowners. While this work occurred early in lower Manhattan, central and upper Manhattan were not formally acquired by the city until the mid-19th century. Why These Maps were Made Several entrepreneurial mapmakers, among them John Bute Holmes, Heinrich Windwart, Richard D. Cooke, and James Botsford Beers, became fascinated by the early history of Manhattan real estate ownership, recognizing the wealth to be accrued by accurately understanding the history of city land ownership, division, and inheritance. Many of these cartographers, especially Holmes, allied themselves with the corrupt Tweed administration, assuring even greater wealth and political power from the eminent domain seizure of old Manhattan estates. The cartographers created a series of maps, reminiscent of John Randall's 'Farm Maps', overlaid with property data, showing the borders of old estates, and notating the breakup of the lands among various heirs. The complex work of compiling the maps earned many of them a fortune. One newspaper writing of the Holmes estate after his 1887 death that some of the individual maps were worth more than 30,000 USD. Provenance This map was acquired as a part of a large collection of New York cadastral maps associated with the layer Ronald K. Brown, a Deed Commissioner operating in the late 19th and early 20th century with an office at 76 Nassau Street, New York - not far from Holmes' own office. Most of the maps in the collection, including the present map, bear Brown's stamp on the verso. The maps were passed to Dominic Anthony Trotta, a real estate agent working under Brown. Brown seems to have ceased business around 1919, but Trotta continued as a real estate agent, becoming a New York Tax Commissioner in 1934 under the Fiorello H. La Guardia administration. The maps remained with Trotta's heirs until our acquisition of the collection. Publication History and Census This map was laid out by the map clerk Heinrich Windwart and published in New York by James Botsford Beers. The engraving and printing is the work of Neuman and Dinglinger Lithography. This map is exceedingly rare. There are only tjree examples cited in the OCLC, at the University of Wisconsin, Stony Brook University, and the New York State Library. We are aware of a 3rd uncatalogued example at the New York Public Library. References: OCLC 50562210.…

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Map of the Corlear's Hook Farm, Situated in the present Seventh Ward
Autor
1880 H. Windwart Map of the Lower East Side south of Grand, New York City
Año de publicación
1881
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NEW-YORK-MAPS

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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