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Repository | State Archives of North Carolina |
Title | Map of New Hanover County, North Carolina (James and Brown) |
Date Published | 1869 |
Date Depicted | 1869 |
Creator - Organization | James & Brown, Civil Engineers. |
Caption | At bottom of map: "Map prepared by James and Brown, Civil Engineers, by order of the Board of Commissioners. Wilmington, N.C. 1st January 1869. Approved by the Board of [Commissioners] and the Townships designated by" [rest of map is torn]. |
Abstract | Pen and ink sketch with watercolor, mutilated. Map shows townships, retail stores, churches, mills, ferries, schools, landowners, fisheries, cemeteries. The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad is shown on the map. |
Historical Note | The North Carolina Constitution of 1868 required counties to "divide... into convenient districts, to determine the boundaries and prescribe the names of the said districts, and report the same to the General Assembly before the first day of January, 1869" (Article VII, Section 3). The Public Laws of 1868 further specified that "a map and survey of said districts, when truly completed, [shall] be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of each County and the Secretary of State" (Chapter 20, p. 25). |
Map Type | Manuscript |
Details |
Businesses Creeks and Streams Landowners Mills Places of Worship Roads Schools Railroads Stores Townships |
Subject - Geographic | New Hanover County (N.C.)--Maps. |
Places Depicted | New Hanover County (N.C.) |
West Longitude | -78.033333 |
East Longitude | -77.716667 |
North Latitude | 34.391667 |
South Latitude | 33.966667 |
Scale | 1:63,360 |
Size | 119 x 111 cm. |
Medium | Paper |
Format | Maps |
Language | English |
Digital Collection | North Carolina Maps |
Institution | North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources |
Sponsor | North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina. |
Call Number | MC.070.1869j;MARS Id 3.1.1.66.3 |
Copyright | This item is presented courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina, for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the State Archives is required for any commercial use. |
Type | Image |
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Title | Sheet 1 |
Format | Maps |
Sponsor | North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina. |
Type | Image |
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