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Source Description
Although no battles were fought in Boston, many people in the greater Boston area were heavily involved in war-related activities. The accompanying map portrays Boston and its neighboring communities at the end of the war. With a population of approximately 180,000, Boston proper was the largest city in New England, and the fifth largest in the United States.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
cj82m0362
label
Map of the city of Boston and its environs
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m0362
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the city of Boston and its environs
description
Although no battles were fought in Boston, many people in the greater Boston area were heavily involved in war-related activities. The accompanying map portrays Boston and its neighboring communities at the end of the war. With a population of approximately 180,000, Boston proper was the largest city in New England, and the fifth largest in the United States.
date
["1866"]
year
1866
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_000890
creators
Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Baker & Tilden
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : col. ; 157 x 158 cm., sheets 52 x 79 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Cocentric rings show distance from Boston.
"Longitude from State House."
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 by Baker & Tilden, in the clerks office of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts."
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no
dcId
cj82m0362
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map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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fafacb4c8592f152