Atlas of Boston neighborhoods based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798

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Title:
Atlas of Boston neighborhoods based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798
Description:
Volume containing 60 pages depicting 55 blocks of Boston neighborhoods drawn by Samuel C. Clough, showing property ownership in Boston based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798. Also includes a manuscript page with key showing locations of blocks (image 1); two manuscript pages of studies relating to the accuracy of the Bonner Map of Boston, 1722 (images 63-64); and one page with a 1674 map of a North End neighborhood based on the tax list of 1674 (image 62). Also included are six pages of names associated with blocks 101-396 (images 65-70).
Cartographer:
Clough, Samuel Chester, 1873-1949
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
Bonner, John, approximately 1643-1726
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
[10] leaves, 60 p. manuscript maps ; 35 cm x 28 cm (most pages)
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
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Collection description
Identifier:
5052