Digital Image: 1796 Benjamin Taylor Manuscript Survey Map of Tribeca, New York and Indenture
Tribeca-taylor-1796_d
Title
A Map shewing the arrangemnt agreed to between the Corporation of Trinity Church, and the Proprietors of the Estate late Ireland's, with regard to Streets, &c. &c.
1796 (dated) 21 x 26 in (53.34 x 66.04 cm)
1796 (dated) 21 x 26 in (53.34 x 66.04 cm)
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
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Cartographer
Benjamin Taylor (1746 - 1832) was a New York city surveyor active in the post Revolutionary War period. Taylor was born in Yorktown, Westchester, New York. He enlisted with the Colonial Army at the age of 16 and served in several wars, including the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. It was most likely during the war that Taylor developed his surveying expertise. After being discharged, on June 9th of 1783, Taylor established himself as contract surveyor in New York city. Taylor's corpus consists of countless surveys of various parts of New York, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Harlem and Queens. He was a contemporary of Casmir Goerck, another well known surveyor of the period, and it is known that they collaborated on a number of important maps. Taylor is best known for his important map of New York City. He died in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York in 1832. More by this mapmaker...
References
Dunn, J.P., Briefs and points: in miscellaneous proceedings…, volume 35, page 3.