1873 Beers Map of Riverhead, Suffolk County, Long Island

Riverhead-beers-1873-2
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1873 Beers Map of Riverhead, Suffolk County, Long Island

Riverhead-beers-1873-2

Scenic town on eastern Long Island.
$250.00

Title


Riverhead Suffolk Co.
  1873 undated     14.25 x 22 in (36.195 x 55.88 cm)     1 : 52800

Description


This is the 1873 F.W. Beers map of the town of Riverhead, Long Island, New York.
A Closer Look
The map depicts the town of Riverhead and labels all 12 districts. Individual houses are identified by the own's first initial and last name (in most cases) along with schools, the post office, and the fairground. Roads and railroads are illustrated. Insets focus on Jamesport, Franklinville, Aquebogue, and a part of Riverhead along the Peconic River.
Publication History
Prepared by Beers, Comstock and Cline out of their office at 36 Vesey Street, New York City, for inclusion in the first published atlas of Long Island, the 1873 issue of Atlas of Long Island, New York.

Cartographer


The Beers family (Fredrick, Silas, James and Daniel) (fl. c. 1850 - 1886), along with Charles and Augustus Warner, were prominent map publishers working from the 1850s to the late 1880s. Often publishing under the Warner & Beers designation, the combined firms produced a series of important state and county atlases and map of much of the northeastern United States. Many of their regional maps are among the most detailed and well laid out maps ever produced of their respective regions. Because Warner & Beers county maps were often detailed down to the individual homes and landowners, they have become highly sought after by general and family historians. In additional to producing maps of surpassing detail, Warner & Beers also maintained an earlier generation's attention to detail and quality while publishing in an era ever increasingly dominated by the low cost printing methods used by the publishing empires of Rand McNally and George Cram. More by this mapmaker...

Source


Beers, F.W., Atlas of Long Island, New York. From Recent Actual Surveys and Records Under the Superintendence of F. W. Beers, (New York: Beers, Comstock and Cline) 1873.    

Condition


Good. Wear along original centerfold. Verso repairs to centerfold separations. Closed edge tears professionally repaired on verso. Closed tear extending 1.25 inches into printed area from top margin professionally repaired on verso.

References


New York Public Library, Map Division, 1527347. Rumsey 0066.090.