Manual of the Corporation of the City of San Francisco containing A Map of The City
Cartographer:
Fitch, G.K.
Date of Creation:
1852
A presentation copy inscribed to James Van Ness, after whom one of the major San Francisco boulevards is named, with his ornate ownership signature on front free endpaper, and an inscription to him on the verso: "Ald. James Van Ness, 8th Ward, Compliments of E.A. Edgerton", who was the city clerk.
The two maps are quite significant, and scarce. They are: ‘Map of San Francisco’, on light blue paper; and ‘Map of the Northern Portion of San Francisco County Compiled from Surveys June 1st 1852 by Clement Humphreys County Surveyor, January 1853’. The first is a detailed street map, with a list of ten important locations, and a separate list of churches. The second is an unusual map of San Francisco to the Pacific, with east at the top, showing everything north of Point San Bruno.
Warren Heckrotte queries "Is the above map a second issue given date 1853 and date on book of 1852? The map does not give any man-made details in the city except for line of Market Street. The city charter boundaries of 1850 and 1851 are shown. The surrounding Ranchos are shown." In addition, there is the Government Reserve with the Presidio, Mission Dolores (simply called Mission), the San Jose Road, and, in the west, Great Sand Bank and Laguna La Mercedes. The two maps were supplied to the book at some time, and were never bound in, nor is there evidence that any maps were bound in.