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Source Description
Manuscript map.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9s161j15x
label
[Plan showing wharves of Boston from Batterymarch Street to Fleet Street; the "circular line" limit of wharves; and the Barricado, with gaps]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161j15x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
[Plan showing wharves of Boston from Batterymarch Street to Fleet Street; the "circular line" limit of wharves; and the Barricado, with gaps]
description
Manuscript map.
date
["[1820?–1829?]"]
year
1820
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005879
creators
Sheafe, Jacob.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Harbor--Maps, Manuscript
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 ms. map : col. ; 24 x 36 cm.
notes
Manuscript map.
Title suppled by cataloger.
Oriented with north toward the left.
Reduced copy made by Caleb H. Snow from a copy in possession of John R. Adams.
On verso: "The Rep. of the Com. of 1763 states that they bound with the record of the town a plan of the line of defence and of the cove within the same taken by Jabob Sheaf by order of the [Sec] in 1708. This plan [redrawed] from one in possession of J.R. Adams Esq. Caleb Snow."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
9s161j15x
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
f488fb1c44a54438