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Source Description
Map depicts the town of Reading, including the area now covering North Reading, showing roads, bodies of water, woodlands, homes, churches, schools, post offices, and taverns.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
pv63g4868
label
Plan of Reading, Mass.
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
pv63g4868
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of Reading, Mass.
description
Map depicts the town of Reading, including the area now covering North Reading, showing roads, bodies of water, woodlands, homes, churches, schools, post offices, and taverns.
date
["1831"]
year
1831
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
creators
Parker, Edmund
Senefelder Lith. Co.
institution
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
collections
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Historic Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North Reading
North and Central America
Reading
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Reading
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
Senefelder Lithographic Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
b5645h65n
collectionArkId
b5645h66x
schema:latitude
42.5167
schema:longitude
-71.0833
extent
1 map : b&w ; 55 x 45 cm.
notes
Map depicts the town of Reading, including the area now covering North Reading, showing roads, bodies of water, woodlands, homes, churches, schools, post offices, and taverns.
"The reputed distance to Boston Market 12 miles, to E. Cambridge 11 miles, to Concord 16 miles. There are 4 Houses of Public Worship, 2 Grist Mills, 3 Saw Mills, 2 Private Academies, 7 School Houses. No. of inhabitants in 1830 - 1806. From actual survey by Edmund Parker. Published Feb'y 1831."-- Text from map.
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no
dcId
pv63g4868
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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fa0989849a0ea8f4