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Source Description
Original handwritten document. Contains a description of the Malden boundaries, and names the men from each town who were involved. Blank pages were not scanned.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
br86bp966
label
Report by the townsmen chosen to run the lines between Malden, Lynn, Reading, and Boston
core
obj
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document
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
br86bp966
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Report by the townsmen chosen to run the lines between Malden, Lynn, Reading, and Boston
description
Original handwritten document. Contains a description of the Malden boundaries, and names the men from each town who were involved. Blank pages were not scanned.
date
["April 12, 1687"]
year
1687
rights
Open access This item is in the public domain. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
Mss C 1037
institution
New England Historic Genealogical Society
collections
Local History Manuscripts (NEHGS)
subjects
Boundaries
Boston (Mass.)--Boundaries
Malden (Mass.)--Boundaries
Lynn (Mass.)--Boundaries
Reading (Mass.)--Boundaries
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Essex (county)
Lynn
Malden
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
Reading
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Documents
genreSpecific
Government records
Land surveys
typeOfResource
Text
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
1 item ; 31 cm.
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
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br86bp745
collectionArkId
br86bp75f
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
dcId
br86bp966
type
document
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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1c1ccc2e11c1720d