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Oriented with north toward the upper left.
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Document identity
localId
x059cc367
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A plan of South Boston and the owners lands, and the roads, taken from the original plan now in keeping, being the same plan that one was drawn from, for the Town of Boston in March 1805
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
x059cc367
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of South Boston and the owners lands, and the roads, taken from the original plan now in keeping, being the same plan that one was drawn from, for the Town of Boston in March 1805
description
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
date
["[1826]"]
year
1826
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005500
creators
Withington, Mather.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landowners--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps, Manuscript
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
South Boston
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
Manuscripts
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
citySection
South Boston
schema:latitude
42.3333
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 ms. map on 2 sheets : col. ; 69 x 135 cm., sheets 69 x 67 cm.
notes
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
"I Mather Withington do further state and declare that the above plan is taken from the same plan and is as respects all lines boundaries, divisions, streets, and in every other respect similar to the plan drawn by me and dated the 4th of October 1804, to which reference is made in the proceedings of the Selectmen of the Town of Boston, and dated 27 February 1805. Boston, January 3rd 1827. (signed) Mather Withington."
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no
dcId
x059cc367
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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