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Plan of Boston and its vicinity : showing the drainage area of Stony Brook which empties into the Full Basin of the Back Bay

Title
Plan of Boston and its vicinity : showing the drainage area of Stony Brook which empties into the Full Basin of the Back Bay / compiled and surveyed under the direction of the Back Bay Commissioners appointed by the city of Boston by James Slade, city engineer ; H.M. Wightman, surveyor.
Author
Slade, James
Publication
  • [Boston, Mass.?] : [Back Bay Commissioners], [1850?]
  • [Boston, Mass.?] : A. Meisel, lith., [1850?]
  • 37 Congress Street, [Boston, Mass.] : J.E. Farwell & Co. [1850?]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 16-5263Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Wightman, H. M.
  • Meisel, A. (Augustus)
  • Boston (Mass.). Back Bay Commissioners, publisher.
  • J.E. Farwell & Co., printer.
Description
1 map : hand colored; 71 x 56 cm, on sheet 81 x 64 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US098.1.05
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows township boundaries, streets, railroads, radial distance from City Hall.
  • Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • Covers portions of the adjacent territory to the cities of Boston and Roxbury and the town of Brookline.
  • "Plan no. 2."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 16-5263
OCLC
961329654
Author
Slade, James, creator, compiler, surveyor.
Title
Plan of Boston and its vicinity : showing the drainage area of Stony Brook which empties into the Full Basin of the Back Bay / compiled and surveyed under the direction of the Back Bay Commissioners appointed by the city of Boston by James Slade, city engineer ; H.M. Wightman, surveyor.
Publisher
[Boston, Mass.?] : [Back Bay Commissioners], [1850?]
Manufacturer
[Boston, Mass.?] : A. Meisel, lith., [1850?]
37 Congress Street, [Boston, Mass.] : J.E. Farwell & Co. [1850?]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:25,344. 2 1/2 inches to a mile (W 71°11ʹ--W 70°58ʹ/N 42°23ʹ--N 42°13ʹ).
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 9, column 1, no. 5
Source
US098.1.05
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Place of Publication
United States Massachusetts Boston.
Added Author
Wightman, H. M., surveyor.
Meisel, A. (Augustus), lithographer.
Boston (Mass.). Back Bay Commissioners, publisher.
J.E. Farwell & Co., printer.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 16-5263
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