Jun 06, 2019 - Sale 2512

Sale 2512 - Lot 162

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(NEW YORK CITY -- QUEENS.) Stewart, William (after). [Jamaica Bay]. Ink manuscript map on wove paper. 23 1/2x18 inches sheet size; backed with period linen, spotting and toning, small border loss at upper left corner. New York, 1845
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This rather finely drawn manuscript map of Jamaica Bay and the generally barren area is an official New York State Surveyor General's copy of an earlier survey laid down by William Stewart in 1797. Several noted landmarks include: a growing Jamaica Town, Whitehead Cornell's house, Duryea's Mill, Bett's Inn, Mr. Genet's house, Mrs. Martin's house, Hook Creek, the head of Flushing Creek, Rockaway Beach, and the County Road to New York.