Dated Maps, 1736-1884
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1736-1884
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Includes an early map of Newark depicting three roads leading to Main Street dated 1736, map of a tract of land belonging to Philip Lewis dated 1791, map of the Village of NewArk portraying Main Street and its residents dated 1820, map of land belonging to Albert G. Lewis and Phocion Lewis dated 1827, an 1828 map of land in Pencader Hundred adjacent to land belonging to William Cooch, 1853 map of Albert G. Lewis' Kent County farm, map dated 1848 depicting Elkton Road and its residents, 1869 map of land in Kent County belonging to Albert G. Lewis and Jefferson Lewis, and a final plot of the farm belonging to the heirs of Albert G. Lewis surveyed in 1884.
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Newark (Del.)--History--18th century, Newark (Del.)--History--19th century, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States--Politics and government--19th century, Deeds, Legal documents, Letters (correspondence), Maps (documents), Photographs