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Thanks im in 8th grade i needed this for social studies. Thank you!

The approximate 20,000 acre area around Brick Meeting House (now called Calvert, MD) was originally called the Nottingham Lotts. It was the epicenter of the land dispute between William Penn and Lord Calvert that eventually resulted in the Mason-Dixon Line Survey. The M-D Survey proved 90% of the land on which Penns Quaker settlers had built homes, mills and farms beginning as early as 1702 was in MD, not PA. After the M-D Survey, the MD Legislature passed an Act permitting residents to keep the land if they proved they were in "peaceable possession" of it. Usually a local Justice of the Peace had to swear to this effect. The properties were surveyed c. 1785, but it took as long as 20 years for landowners to receive the final titles to their lands.

This is a very interesting view of Newburgh, NY. The unmarked road running off into the distance from right to left appears to be present-day Broadway. The road branching off of it looks like South Plank Road. The other side of the map should show North Plank road, but I can only see the left side of the map

was there ever another name for Hamburh Pike in Jeffersonville, IN pleae e-mail me at cojurek@yahoo.com

this area is now parts of the Village of Norridge and Harwood Heights.

today Philips road is now called ozanam avenue.

n 73 ave is now octavia ave.

n 73 ct is now Odell Ave.

n 74 ave. is now Oketo Ave.

n 74 ct is now Osceola Ave.

n 75 ave is now Olcott Ave.

Didn Clayton F Smith Woods Preserve use to have a different name?

This map is up side down

Yes, many of the images on the site which depict watermarks will also show the accompanying map content in reverse as we try to photograph each watermark in its proper orientation. A link to the full, non-reversed map can be found by following the ATLAS hyperlink on the page which allows you to zoom in and out of the watermark.
For those who are interested in the history of these maps, a large portion of the pre-1800 content within the antiquarian map collection have watermarks which appear when the map is held up to a light. By comparing the photographs of these watermarks found on the HMW site to those which appear in books containing lookup tables with drawings of known watermarks such as "MONUMENTA CHARTAE PAPYRACEAE - WATERMARKS" or an online visual database such as the Piccard collection http://www.piccard-online.de/struktur.php?anzeigeKlassi=&klassi=&sprache=en researchers can identify the person or firm that made the paper that the map was printed on. Ultimately, knowing who made the paper and when, allows a more accurate dating and understanding the map itself.

Never heard of Millburn, and I grew up in the Town of Lisle.

Another great SC map showing "Linder" in Spartanburg County, SC. This family apparently had a community named after it from about 1815 into the 1850s when the name disappeared from subsequent maps.

The "New Subway to be Constructed" under Lafayette Avenue is the current A, C, and G trains. At the intersection of Lafayette and Fulton, the G splits off and stays under Lafayette while the A and C are the main line under Fulton.

How were these maps made with accuracy? Jim V.

My 6th great grandfather, George Pipher and his brother, Samuel, are shown as landowners !