Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Title from printed catalog card.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
wd3761784
label
[An unfinished tracing of Joshua Fisher's copy on parchment of Oliver's paper plat of land in Dorchester, made in 1661]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd3761784
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
[An unfinished tracing of Joshua Fisher's copy on parchment of Oliver's paper plat of land in Dorchester, made in 1661]
description
Title from printed catalog card.
date
["[1880?–1889?]"]
year
1880
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005877
creators
Oliver, John, of Dorchester
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Dorchester (Boston, Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Dorchester
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
citySection
Dorchester
schema:latitude
42.2833
schema:longitude
-71.0667
extent
1 map ; on sheet 75 x 63 cm.
notes
Title from printed catalog card.
Oriented with north toward the lower left.
Manuscript map.
Tracing of earlier map, probably executed in late 19th century.
"This plat was drawne out [from] a paper plat formerly made by Mr. John Oliver for the town of Dorchester and nowe by ther order it is drawne into parchment April 1661 by me Joshua Fisher."
"Mem[o] Apr 27th 1738, the course between Clapboard Hill & ye swamp westward of Muddy Pond was found to be about SW:64 variation accepted."
hasTranscription
no
dcId
wd3761784
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d5dd8e639419a9a8