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Source Description
Map depicts the entire town of South Reading (Wakefield) as it was in 1647, showing streets, bodies of water, hills, and locations of original settlers' homes.
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Document identity
localId
c534g4277
label
Map of old Reading, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1647
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
c534g4277
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of old Reading, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1647
description
Map depicts the entire town of South Reading (Wakefield) as it was in 1647, showing streets, bodies of water, hills, and locations of original settlers' homes.
date
["[1647]"]
year
1647
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
institution
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
collections
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Historic Maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Wakefield
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Wakefield
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[s.l.]
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
b5645h65n
collectionArkId
b5645h66x
schema:latitude
42.5
schema:longitude
-71.0667
extent
1 map : b&w, ink on linen ; 44 cm. in diam.
notes
Map depicts the entire town of South Reading (Wakefield) as it was in 1647, showing streets, bodies of water, hills, and locations of original settlers' homes.
"Showing the location of the homestalls of the first settlers all being within the limits of the present town of Wakefield." -- Text from bottom of map.
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no
dcId
c534g4277
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
68f6fcd59298c23f