(NEW YORK CITY) Holmes John Bute Map of the Rutgers Farm As

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(NEW YORK CITY.) Holmes, John Bute. Map of the Rutger's Farm As it existed in 1784, Accurately made from reliable data. Separately issued hand-colored lithographed map. 22 1/4x39 1/2 inches; laid on linen, with original selvage; creasing at far left and right edges of the map, mildly creased within the image. Property owners named in ink manuscript. New York, 1874

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Members of the Rutgers family arrived in Manhattan in 1646, eventually establishing a brewery. The brewery led to the acquisition of farmland, tenants and slaves and resulted in a large fortune. The farm that Hendrick Rutgers left to his four children in a will written in 1784 is the subject of this very interesting New York City map. The property, a portion of which is now beneath the Manhattan Bridge, extended from Catherine Street (named after Catherine Rutgers) to Montgomery Street and from the East River to Division Street (the road that divided Rutgers and De Lancey's properties).