Surveyed and developed by Engineer John Montresor for the British Army, this map provides a wonderful view of what it was like to live in Manhattan at the time of the American Revolution. Beyond what is now City Hall Park, Broadway and the Bowery let out into rolling meadows and farms. Marked on the 1775 landmarks are the farms of Nicolas Bayard and James De Lancey. Bayard developed his property into modern day Soho, and even named Houston St. for his son-in-law William Houston as a wedding present.

Also on the map are Lispenard Meadow on what is now Tribeca, and Fresh Pond or the Collect Pond, which once served as the colony's source of fresh water. Just north of the pond was the cemetery for black slaves.

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