Map of the town of Methuen

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Title:: Map of the town of Methuen
Title (alt.):: Plan of Methuen
Creator:: Barker, Stephen
Name on Item:: by Stephen Barker
Date:: [1806?]
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Genre:: Manuscript maps
Location:: Nevins Memorial Library
Collection (local):: Methuen Historic Collection
Subjects:: Real property
Landowners
Places:: Essex (county) > Methuen
Extent:: manuscript map ; 36 x 31 cm.
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).
Scale:: Scale [1:39,600]. 200 rods to an inch
Language:: English
Notes:: Shows boundaries and landowners.
Oriented with north to the right.
While dated 1795, the map shows the Boston to Concord, N.H. Turnpike, which was built in 1806. Barker likely pre-dated his map to comply with the Massachusetts General Court's order for towns to have maps made by 1795.
Manuscript on verso: Plan of Methuen, 1748, recorded Octr. 1st 1797, book 106, leaf 120 -- Boston, Jany. 20d, 1807.
Notes (object):: Manuscript, pen and ink.
Identifier:: NML_map_01
Barcode:: 30000004181667