Title |
Bridgens, Henry |
Date |
ca. 1824 - November 22, 1872 |
Description |
Henry F. Bridgens, a map lithographer and publisher, born in England about 1824 immigrated to the United States before 1850.
By September 1856, he resided in Philadelphia and had gained U.S. citizenship. Although primarily a surveyor and map publisher,
his early work included acting as principal lithographer for the "Map of the Township of Westhempfield, Lancaster County,
Penna." (1850) in addition to possibly lithographing several plates of J. C. Sidney's "American Cottage and Villa Architecture"
(1850). By 1853, he formed the short-lived map publishing firm R. P. & H. F. Bridgens with Richard P. Bridgens that ended
soon thereafter when Richard relocated to California. Bridgens is also known for the creation of the first county atlas,
when he reissued his 1860 wall map of Berks County as a bound volume in 1861. Although listed as a conveyancer at the time
of his death on November 22, 1872, Bridgens continued his work as a map publisher until his last day of life. At the time,
he was working on an atlas of Chester County, which was completed posthumously by A. R. Witmer of Safe Harbor, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See R.P. & H.F. Bridgens |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850 |
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Groce & Wallace, 80 |
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Philadelphia Business Directory 1854 |
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Philadelphia City Directories 1865, 1868 |
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Philadelphia Death Record, November 22, 1872 |
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Ristow, American Maps and Mapmakers (1985), 403-404 |
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WWWAA, 439 |
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Young, 65 |