Clough’s atlas 1798 : property owners of the town of Boston

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Title:
Clough’s atlas 1798 : property owners of the town of Boston
Description:
Plates for an atlas of Boston property owners in 1798 begun, but never completed, by Clough, and based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798.
Cartographer:
Clough, Samuel Chester, 1873-1949
Name on Item:
by Samuel C. Clough
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
Massachusetts Historical Society
Collection (local):
Massachusetts Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Real property--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Landowners--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
[13] leaves of manuscript maps in 11 folders ; 61 x 90 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Language:
English
Table of Contents:
Beacon Hill, includes State House, "Ward 9"
Beacon Hill, "Ward 7"
"Plate 6" Beacon Hill
"Plate 1" Long Wharf
"Plate II" Dock Square area
"Plate 3" Brattle Square area
Bowdoin Square area (pencil)
Index for "Plate II" Dock Square area
"Plate 1" North End
"Plate 2" North End
North End, includes Prince Street, Back Street, Beer Lane (unfinished, half in pencil)
North End, includes Clark Square
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Collection description
Notes:
Title from cartouche that appears on some plates.
Identifier:
5120