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Photostat of southwest Watertown in 1687 called Nonsuch which is currently part of Weston. It shows acreage of settlers but no names. This territory is next the Sudbury Plantation to the west and Dedham to the south. Shows boundaries of Dedham and Sudbury, John Woodward and Barnett, Jenisons’ farm and middow mears [meadow of shallow lake]. Shows brooks, lakes and various acreage of plots of meadows, land and ponds. List “eastern most, middle and western most lotts”. The original is housed at the Massachusetts State Archives (#140, vol 1, p.129).
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0c4865744
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A mappe of a certaine tract of land lying within the limits of Watertown, called Nonsuch, the whole containing 1107 acres
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map
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1
Source metadata
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0c4865744
contentType
map
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normalized
title
A mappe of a certaine tract of land lying within the limits of Watertown, called Nonsuch, the whole containing 1107 acres
description
Photostat of southwest Watertown in 1687 called Nonsuch which is currently part of Weston. It shows acreage of settlers but no names. This territory is next the Sudbury Plantation to the west and Dedham to the south. Shows boundaries of Dedham and Sudbury, John Woodward and Barnett, Jenisons’ farm and middow mears [meadow of shallow lake]. Shows brooks, lakes and various acreage of plots of meadows, land and ponds. List “eastern most, middle and western most lotts”. The original is housed at the Massachusetts State Archives (#140, vol 1, p.129).
date
["1687"]
year
1687
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
b39073919
creators
Sanderson, Abner
institution
Wayland Free Public Library
collections
Wayland Historical Maps and Plans
subjects
Woodward, John, 1621-1696
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Watertown
Weston
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Weston
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largeImageUrl
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1
source
import
Source extras
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4t64gr105
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b5647c18s
schema:latitude
42.3667
schema:longitude
-71.3
extent
1 map : black and white ; 44 x 52 cm
notes
Title from item or accompanying material.
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no
dcId
0c4865744
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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f47be63d000ee695