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Due to tight a tight binding, this two-page map is missing its middle section. It shows locations in Woodside and surrounding areas of Queens in the mid-17th-mid-19th centuries along with streets, railroads, and trolley lines from the year in which it was made (1908). It is oriented so the the south-to-north axis is from bottom left to top right.

Modern Woodside is shown as "Woodside" and "North Woodside." It is bounded by Long Island City in the west, Blissville and Maspeth in the south, Elmhurst and Corona in the east, and North Beach in the north.

There's a key at the foot of the map. In addition the text identifies the following locations within Woodside:

• p-p. Site of the British Camp, along the Dutch Kills Road, traces of huts being visible until recently.
• 44. "The Narrow Passage," a tongue of dry land crossing formerly almost impassable swamps (now mostly drained), and occupied by the early road. It was an important strategical point in the Revolution and was guarded by the British.
• P. The Wolf Swamp, wet woodland until 1866-7, in early days infested by wolves. It is now drained in part and divided into lots forming part of Woodside.
• q-q. Ancient road forming Middelburg and part of Woodside and Bowery Bay Avenues, connecting plantations of Bowery Bay and Dutch Kills, opened about 1655-60.
• r-r. Woodside Avenue, from the town (Middelburg) to the Dutch settlements.
• 45. Jackson Mansion (corner Jackson Avenue and Bowery Bay Road), in large grounds, surrounded by the remains of an old forest. The house was built about 1802 by Wm. Paynter, owner of the estate. Jackson Avenue was laid out about 1860 as a toll road to Flushing.
• 46. Site of the Moore Farmhouse (several blocks east on Jamaica Avenue), adjoining the small burying ground now marked by some decaying evergreens. During the Revolution this property was owned by Nathaniel Moore, great-grandson of Rev. John Moore, first minister of the town. It was taken by the British after the Battle of Long Island and became the head-quarters of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton. A straggling suburban settlement now occupies the farm.
• 47. Purdy Farmhouse (opposite Grand Avenue), built shortly before the Revolution and scene of the shooting of one of the soldiers of Lieutenant-Colonel Thos. Sterling's Royal Highlanders, while on a marauding expedition, by one of the slaves of Cornelius Rapalye, then owner (Riker, p. 207).
• 48. Riker Farmhouse (opposite Wilson Avenue), on property purchased in 1688 by Abraham Rycken (or Riker), who owned the farm north. In 1717 his son Abraham built the small house which forms the middle of the present building. In the Revolution it was owned by his son, Jacobus Riker. In 1776 the house was plundered by the British and later the Hessians, encamped near by, took possession of the great oven and baked great quantities of bread for their men.
• 49. The old Town Spring or Watering-Place (Woodside and Betts Avenues), on high ground 125 feet to the west of the road. Originally it was known as Rattlesnake Spring, then Newton's Spring, from Captain Bryan Newton, in the Dutch service at New Amsterdam, who had in 1652 a patent for the land running up to it. It still has a large flow. There was once a large tank or pool by the roadside for public use, but this plot, 100 feet square, has been enclosed as private property, whether without extinguishing public rights is not known.
• 50. The Cumberson House, just south, post-Revolutionary, replacing one of earlier date, was plundered by the British and later, near the close of the war, was attacked at night by British deserters, one of whom was shot fatally by Thos. Cumberson, then owner (Riker, p. 213).
• 51. Hazard (later Duryea) Homestead, at the corner. The farm was owned as early as 1740 by Jas. Hazard, prominent in the Episcopal Church of Newtown.
• 52. Rapalye House, of the middle 18th century. Daniel Rapalye had a large farm here about 1737, but this house seems of a somewhat later date.
• t-t was a road from the town to Peter Cornelissen's mill, opened about 1700. The two large mansions of Colonial style on the west side date about 1840 and occupy parts of the large farm of Colonel Edward Leverich a projector of the L. I. R. R. They are:
• 53. Late residence of Chas. P. Leverich, once president of the Bank of New York, now deceased.
• 54. Late residence of Henry S. Leverich, now deceased.