Middlesex Canal : copy'd from the survey of Mr. Thompson

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Item Information

Title:
Middlesex Canal : copy'd from the survey of Mr. Thompson
Contributor:
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Creator:
Thompson, Samuel, surveyor
Name on Item:
by Osgood Carleton
Date:
[1795]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Middlesex Canal (Mass.)--Maps
Canals--Massachusetts--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Middlesex Canal
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 147.2 x 52.9 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:32,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored map showing the course of the canal between the Mystic and Merrimack rivers, identifying natural features, roads, and buildings along the route.
A note on the verso reads: Trunk B. Thompson first survey for M Canal drawn by Carlton.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8714
Barcode:
B2856185