Graphic scale in miles and perches represented on map.
Relief shown by hill shading.
Irregularly shaped.
Inset: Statistical table (Inhabitants 1820, Taxables 1821, Acres of land, Value of land per acre 1st rate, Taverns, stores, mills and manufactories).
Date of situation 1820-1821.
Original was published in Lancaster, PA January 1st 1824.
Summary
"This map is constructed under a series of TRIANGLES whose Angles have been minutely ascertained to preserve Latitude and Longitude on a Scale of ONE INCH to a MILE from actual City and Borough boundaries. The Roads The Millstreams noting all their improvements. The River Susquehanna on both sides keeping its breadth by intersections. The Islands, their respective distances from each other and from the Shores. The whole carefully protracted. Also a correct Topographical representation of the mountains, Ridges and Vallies."
