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Source Description
Shows railroads, street names, buildings, ferry routes and distances, and parks for Boston, and parts of East and South Boston, Charlestown, and East Cambridge; shows cities, railroads and major roads for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Middlesex counties, on inset.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
xw42t945r
label
Plan of Boston
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xw42t945r
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of Boston
description
Shows railroads, street names, buildings, ferry routes and distances, and parks for Boston, and parts of East and South Boston, Charlestown, and East Cambridge; shows cities, railroads and major roads for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Middlesex counties, on inset.
date
["1860"]
year
1860
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_019148
creators
Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps
East Cambridge (Mass.)--Maps
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)--Maps
Counties--Massachusetts--Maps
Cities and towns--Massachusetts--Maps
Railroads--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Streets--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Buildings--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Ferries--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Parks--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Roads--Massachusetts--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Boston Harbor
Cambridge
East Cambridge
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
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
[Philadelphia]
publisher
S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map : color ; 24 x 21 cm
notes
Shows railroads, street names, buildings, ferry routes and distances, and parks for Boston, and parts of East and South Boston, Charlestown, and East Cambridge; shows cities, railroads and major roads for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Middlesex counties, on inset.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."
Inset: Map of the country around Boston showing also, its harbor & islands.
In right upper margin: 16.
Includes ornamental border.
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no
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xw42t945r
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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