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    Sale 2512 | Lot 162
    Price Realized: $500With Buyer's Premium
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    • Sale 2512 Lot 162

      (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

      Estimate $700 - 1,000

      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.


      Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $500
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