Map of the city of Boston and its environs
Item Information
- Title:
- Map of the city of Boston and its environs
- Description:
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Although no battles were fought in Boston, many people in the greater Boston area were heavily involved in war-related activities. The accompanying map portrays Boston and its neighboring communities at the end of the war. With a population of approximately 180,000, Boston proper was the largest city in New England, and the fifth largest in the United States.
- Creator:
- Walling, Henry Francis, 1825-1888
- Name on Item:
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executed under the direction of H.F. Walling ; engd. by Worley & Bracher.
- Date:
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1866
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
- Subjects:
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Boston (Mass.)--Maps
- Places:
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MassachusettsSuffolk (county)Boston
- Extent:
- 1 map : col. ; 157 x 158 cm., sheets 52 x 79 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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New York :
Baker & Tilden
- Scale:
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Scale 1:31,680.
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Relief shown by hachures.
Cocentric rings show distance from Boston.
"Longitude from State House."
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866 by Baker & Tilden, in the clerks office of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts."
- Notes (exhibitions):
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Exhibited: "Torn in Two: The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2011.
- Identifier:
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06_01_000890
- Call #:
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G3764.B6 1866 .W35
- Barcode:
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39999058989102
