File:NYC-GRID-1811.png

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Description The Commissioners Map of the City of New York, 1807
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  1. Janvier, Thomas A. (June 1893). "The Evolution of New York: Second Part". Harper's New Monthly Magazine 87 (542): 23.
  2. Harper's Weekly Magazine, 26 (European Edition ed.), London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co. European edition vol. 26; American edition vol. 87. Book copy signed "E.D. Sturtevant" at David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University, Idaho.
  3. https://archive.org/details/harpersnew087various/page/23
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current08:15, 15 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 08:15, 15 January 20191,362 × 4,131 (765 KB)Closeapple (talk | contribs)replacing blurry upscaling with new, cleaned PNG derived from web.archive.org book scan
14:06, 7 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:06, 7 February 2009750 × 2,160 (1.58 MB)CORNELIUSSEON (talk | contribs) {{Information |Description=The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 provisional map, released in 1807 |Source=English Wikipedia |Date=21 April 2005 |Author=Jleon |Permission=The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the U

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