Map of the city of New York, with the adjacent cities of Brooklyn & Jersey City, & the village of Williamsburg: drawn & engraved by John M. Atwood 1851; [ca. 1844]

Covers Manhattan north to 32nd St. as well as from 41st St. north to Kings Bridge also covers Brooklyn north from Sackett St. to the Navy Yard and east to Nevins St. Covers Blackwell’s Island, Great Barn Island, and portions of Williamsburg, southern Queens, L.[Little] Barn Island, Governors Island, and Jersey City. Shows wards, districts, fire districts, the number of fire bells for each district, distances from City Hall, slips (including names of docking lines), piers, and ferry lines. Oriented with north to the upper right. “Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844 by Humphrey Phelps in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.” Publication date on t.p. of inside cover: 1850. Title in gilt on embossed, brown fabric cover. Includes key, decorative border, index to piers, and inset continuation map of Harlem and northern Manhattan.