An accurate plan of the town of Boston and its vicinity : exhibiting a ground plan of all the streets, lanes, alleys, wharves, and public buildings in Boston, with the names and description thereof, likewise all the flats and channels between Boston and Charlestown, Cambridge, Roxbury & Dorchester with the two bridges and causeway, and the boundary lines beween Boston and the above mentioned towns, from the actual surveys of the publisher: : also part of Charlestown and Cambridge, from the surveys of Samuel Thompson, Esqr. and part of Roxbury and Dorchester, from those of Mr. Whitherington, (all which surveys were taken by order of the General Court.)

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Title:
An accurate plan of the town of Boston and its vicinity : exhibiting a ground plan of all the streets, lanes, alleys, wharves, and public buildings in Boston, with the names and description thereof, likewise all the flats and channels between Boston and Charlestown, Cambridge, Roxbury & Dorchester with the two bridges and causeway, and the boundary lines beween Boston and the above mentioned towns, from the actual surveys of the publisher: : also part of Charlestown and Cambridge, from the surveys of Samuel Thompson, Esqr. and part of Roxbury and Dorchester, from those of Mr. Whitherington, (all which surveys were taken by order of the General Court.)
Description:
Subject: Map of the city of Boston, with parts of Roxbury, Dorchester and Cambridge. Some roads and areas are colored in watercolor. Some public buildings are named.
Creator:
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Publisher:
Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816
Publisher:
Norman, William, -1807
Engraver:
Norman, John, 1748?-1817
Name on Item:
By Osgood Carleton teacher of mathematics in Boston. ; I. Norman sc.
Date:
[1797]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
American Antiquarian Society
Collection (local):
American Antiquarian Society Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map on 6 sheets : engraving, hand colored ; 104 x 96 cm., on sheets 36 x 50 cm., or smaller
Terms of Use:
Public Domain/No known restrictions on use. Contact host institution to download image.
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Publisher:
[Boston] : Published & sold by O. Carleton sold also by Wm. Norman no. 75 Newbury Street.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,170]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=476387
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
"Published as the act directs May 16, 1797."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.