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Plan of the lots laid out at Pittsburg and the Coal Hill

Metadata

Creator	Hills, John, (Surveyor)
Date	1787
Name on Item	Copied by John Hills, surveyor, Philadelphia
Scale	Scale ca. 1:1,600
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Collection
Subjects	Real property--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Maps--Early works to 1800 Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Allegheny (county) North and Central America Pennsylvania Pittsburg United States
Extent	1 manuscript map : hand color 46 x 87 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Title, on label, on verso: Plan of the lots at Pittsburg & Coal Hill and the manor. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Deteriorated along previous fold lines. Watermark: J. Whatman. Oriented with north to the bottom. Cadastral map. Annotated in pencil in upper right corner "Being part of the manor of Pittsburgh belonging to John Penn Jun., Esq. and to Governor Penn." The above occurs on a similar map dated 1787, belonging to Darlington Library, U. of Pittsburgh. Includes textual information on the size of lots.