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An accurate map of the country round Boston in New England : from the best authorities.

Title
An accurate map of the country round Boston in New England : from the best authorities.
Author
Hamilton, Archibald, -1792
Publication
[London] : A. Hamilton, [1776]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 16-5254Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 97-6544Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
Bancroft Collection (copy in Map Div. 16-5254)
Description
1 map; 31 x 41 cm, on sheet 34 x 44 cm
Donor/Sponsor
Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 678 (copy in Map Div. 97-6544)
Alternative Title
  • Plan of Boston and Charlestown, from a drawing made in 1771
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US097.3.06
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Early works.
  • Maps.
  • Early maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures on ancillary map.
  • In upper margin: Engraved for the Town & Country Magazine.
  • Prime meridian: London.
  • Includes index to points of interest for ancillary map.
  • Ancillary map: A plan of Boston and Charlestown, from a drawing made in 1771.
  • "Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton, Junr. near St. John's Gate, Jan. 16, 1776."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Linking Entry (note)
  • From: Town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment, Vol. 8, Jan. 1776.
Call Number
Map Div. 16-5254
OCLC
56494215
Author
Hamilton, Archibald, -1792, creator, publisher.
Title
An accurate map of the country round Boston in New England : from the best authorities.
Publisher
[London] : A. Hamilton, [1776]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:362,500 (W 71°24ʹ--W 70°23ʹ/N 42°43ʹ--N 41°47ʹ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 24, column 3, no. 6
Linking Entry
From: Town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment, Vol. 8, Jan. 1776.
Source
US097.3.06
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Bancroft Collection (copy in Map Div. 16-5254)
Added Title
Plan of Boston and Charlestown, from a drawing made in 1771
Related To
Town and country magazine, or, Universal repository of knowledge, instruction, and entertainment. (OCoLC)1639887
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-5254
Map Div. 97-6544 [LHS 678]
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