A Map of Three Distinct Parcels of Valuable and Improved Property, Situated in the 7th, 11th and 13th Wards of the City of New York, To be sold at auction at the Merchant's Exchange on the 1st day of August next at 12'Clock by W. F. Pell & Co. Auction

Publisher W. F. Pell & Co. American
1820–40
Not on view
This cadastral (real estate survey) map describes three parcels of New York City property divided into lots. No. 1 is bordered at left by Harman Street leading into Grand Street with Seammel Street below and Henry Street at right. No. 2: is bordered by Suffolk Street above and Grand Street at right. No. 3: is bordered by Rivington Street at left and Eldridge Street below. The related auction house was run by William Ferris Pell (1779-1840) who transformed his father's shipping company into one that sold and financed property. He is remembered for purchasing land upstate on Lake Champlain containing the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga, which his descendants restored and opened as an historic site in 1909.

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  • Title: A Map of Three Distinct Parcels of Valuable and Improved Property, Situated in the 7th, 11th and 13th Wards of the City of New York, To be sold at auction at the Merchant's Exchange on the 1st day of August next at 12'Clock by W. F. Pell & Co. Auction
  • Publisher: W. F. Pell & Co. (American, 19th century)
  • Date: 1820–40
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (27.7 × 42.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.90.1616
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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