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Contributor Thomson, John, -1842, surveyor.
Title Draught of four lots or parcel of lands belonging to the estate of the late William Bingham, Esquire, deceased, situate in the island and township of Tinicum, in the county of Delaware and the state of Pennsylvania, marked and containing as follows, vizd._D. nineteen acres and one hundred and fifty perches_E, twenty four acres and three quarters,_ F, thirty seven acres and eighty seven perches, _ and G, twenty three acres and seventy nine perches: [cartographic material] / Those marked F and G surveyed April the 26th, and those marked D and E, June the 6th 1825 by Jno. Thomson.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1825
Date [1825]
Physical Description 1 map: ink and watercolor; 48 x 58 cm (18.75 x 23 in.)
Description Manuscript map showing landowner's names, lots, creeks, and lanes near the Delaware River in Kingsessing Township, Philadelphia. Lots include "Other land belonging to the estate of the late Wiliam Bingham, Esquire, deceased"; "Moses Palmer's Land"; "John Serrill's Land"; "Thomas Serill's Land"; "George Gesner's Land"; "Hunter's Land"; "Thomas Bradley's Land"; and "Land belonging to the heirs of Joseph Carson, decd." Also shows River Creek Lane, Martin's Lane, Bow Creek Drain and County line, Church Creek, Church Creek dam, Tinicum I[sland] Road, Martin's Bar in the Delaware River and part of Hog's Island. By 1800, Bow Creek and the Back Channel created boundary lines that separated Philadelphia and Delaware County. Bingham held one of the larger estates in this area.
Notes Right edge trimmed.
Includes "Table of the Cou: & Dist: of the several Lots." Includes 10 coordinate and distance listings under "D"; 5 under "E"; 15 under "F"; and 9 under "G."
Includes scale: 20 perches to an Inch.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Map mounted on textile backing. Backing includes makers mark: Germantown [illegible] End Works. Power Loom. Mark illustrated with the seal of Pennsylvania.
Subject Bingham, William, 1752-1804.
Boundaries (Estates) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Real property -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Landowners -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Kingsessing (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Maps.
Genre Manuscript maps -- 1820-1830.
Maps -- 1820-1830.
Watercolors -- 1820-1830.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors - Maps [P.2017.8.33]
Accession number P.2017.8.33