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Source Description
Photostat of the map of East Sudbury by Mattias Mosman, Surveyor. Included is the transcript of information provided on the map. It identifies the bridges, who is responsible for their maintenance, the distance to Boston and Cambridge, the ponds by size, streams, mills, the boundaries of the town by degrees and the first roads or paths within the town. The boundaries are noted as they were previously done by others - name and date of other surveys are provided. Gives direction and length of the Sudbury River as it travels the boundary of East Sudbury (now Wayland) Massachusetts. The original is housed at the Massachusetts State Archives (#1181 on page 28.)
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
cr56qn012
label
Wayland
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cr56qn012
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Wayland
description
Photostat of the map of East Sudbury by Mattias Mosman, Surveyor. Included is the transcript of information provided on the map. It identifies the bridges, who is responsible for their maintenance, the distance to Boston and Cambridge, the ponds by size, streams, mills, the boundaries of the town by degrees and the first roads or paths within the town. The boundaries are noted as they were previously done by others - name and date of other surveys are provided. Gives direction and length of the Sudbury River as it travels the boundary of East Sudbury (now Wayland) Massachusetts. The original is housed at the Massachusetts State Archives (#1181 on page 28.)
date
["1794"]
year
1794
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
b39071935
creators
Mossman, Mattias, 1749-1819
Goodnow, William, 1751-1809
institution
Wayland Free Public Library
collections
Wayland Historical Maps and Plans
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
Sudbury
United States
Wayland
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Cadastral maps
Real property maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Wayland
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
4t64gr105
collectionArkId
b5647c18s
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.35
extent
1 map : black and white ; 51 x 43 cm
notes
Title from item or accompanying material.
Below the map is a transcription of the notes written on the 1794 East Sudbury map by Mattias Mossman.
Scale note: map reads "200 rods to the inch."
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no
dcId
cr56qn012
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map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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c58448c8b7c0ef46