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CIVIL ENGINEER GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT'S SIGNED MAP OF "SING SING"

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
CIVIL ENGINEER GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT'S SIGNED MAP OF  SING SING
GEORGE W. CARTWRIGHT Prominent Westchester, New York civil engineer, reputed to have been the engineer and architect of "Sing-Sing", the notorious prison located in what is now Ossining, New York. Printed copy of Cartwright's map prepared for a "Chancery Sale...at Sing Sing...67 Acres In House & Town Lots - A Large Mansion House on the River - A Tavern - A Store - And other excellent Stands for Business...Several very beautiful locations for Villas & Summer Cottages...Steam Boats every day..". The 18" x 21" (sight) map shows central Ossining with 27 lots just north of town offered for sale. It is signed at top: G. W. CARTWRIGHT'S MAP" and ink corrections and pencil notations. The map, which is framed, is apparently folded so the date and the prison, or its site, are not visible. The bottom of the visible part of the map shows substantial water staining, and there are heavy folds which have been backed, apparently with linen. Overall good.

Estimate: $400 - 600.

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