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
- Creator:
- Worley & Bracher
- 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
- Publisher:
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New York :
Baker & Tilden
- Notes:
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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.
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."
- Extent:
- 1 map : col. ; 157 x 158 cm., sheets 52 x 79 cm.
- Scale:
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Scale 1:31,680.
- Language:
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English
- Identifier:
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06_01_000890
- Call #:
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G3764.B6 1866 .W35
- Barcode:
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39999058989102
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.