Dec 16, 2022 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
50
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[ASTOR, JOHN JACOB]
Map of Property Belonging to John Jacob Astor Esq. in the Eleventh Ward of New York City. Manuscript plan in ink and colors, titled as above and with "this is Smith's copy of Doughty's map... Oct 27 1835" in ink at foot. 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (70 x 55 cm). The map is backed. Losses affecting image at head and foot, tears and stains, later markings within the image.
Map showing the lands of John Jacob Astor in 1835, reaching from Eighth Street to Houston Street between First Avenue and Avenue B. At the upper right is the just opened Tompkins Square, built on salt marshlands gifted to the city in 1829 by Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), the previously unimproved marsh being part of the original Stuyvesant grant. The public square was named for Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825), Vice President of the United States under Monroe and Governor of New York from 1807 to 1817. After 1800, John Jacob Astor acquired the blocks south of Tompkins Square and built up the rather undeveloped area. The numbered street were names added following the Commissioner's Plan of 1811.
Sold for $625
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Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[ASTOR, JOHN JACOB]
Map of Property Belonging to John Jacob Astor Esq. in the Eleventh Ward of New York City. Manuscript plan in ink and colors, titled as above and with "this is Smith's copy of Doughty's map... Oct 27 1835" in ink at foot. 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (70 x 55 cm). The map is backed. Losses affecting image at head and foot, tears and stains, later markings within the image.
Map showing the lands of John Jacob Astor in 1835, reaching from Eighth Street to Houston Street between First Avenue and Avenue B. At the upper right is the just opened Tompkins Square, built on salt marshlands gifted to the city in 1829 by Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), the previously unimproved marsh being part of the original Stuyvesant grant. The public square was named for Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825), Vice President of the United States under Monroe and Governor of New York from 1807 to 1817. After 1800, John Jacob Astor acquired the blocks south of Tompkins Square and built up the rather undeveloped area. The numbered street were names added following the Commissioner's Plan of 1811.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Dec 16, 2022
