Sanborn 1877 map of San Antonio

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hope the Society can be of some assistance to my on-going research project on the Alamo and Alamo Plaza.

The first Sanborn Insurance maps of San Antonio were issued in 1877, and copies of sheets 1 and 2 (of 4) are available on line in the Perry-Casteneda collection, which I'm sure you are very familiar with. I can't find a repository with the critical (to my study) sheet 4, which contains a "special" on the Alamo. Even the present holders of the Sanborn name and archives don't have a set of the 1877 issue, and inquiries to the National Archives seem to only refer back to the P/C collection's half-set.

Do you know of a collection, private or institutional, that has the complete set of 4 sheets of the Sanborn 1877 map of San Antonio, that would be willing to let their examples be copied or studied?

Any assistance you can provide would be gratefully appreciated.

Thank You,

Craig R. Covner
7718 Laramie Court
San Diego, CA 92120-1405
(619) 592-6150 (msg. and fax)
(619) 861-3160 (cell)
crcnr@cox.net