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Source Description
Plan of the city of Boston, showing the part of the city near the Old Wharf that was destroyed by fire. Street names are labeled.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4m90fn35k
label
A plan of the town of Boston, in New-England, distinguishing that part which was burnt in 1760
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90fn35k
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of the town of Boston, in New-England, distinguishing that part which was burnt in 1760
description
Plan of the city of Boston, showing the part of the city near the Old Wharf that was destroyed by fire. Street names are labeled.
date
["1760"]
year
1760
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_012248
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Fires--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
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
[London]
publisher
[Royal female magazine]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
42.35
schema:longitude
-71.05
extent
1 map ; 19 x 29 cm
notes
Oriented with north to the upper right.
From the Royal female magazine, London, approximately 1760.
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no
dcId
4m90fn35k
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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7ab38bfb8c7bacb9