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Laws, &c. relating to the Boston Board of Health
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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An 1835 copy of a 1722 map of Boston. "Engraved and printed by Fra. Dening, Boston NE 1722. Sold by Capt. John Bonner and Willm. Price against the town house where may be had all Sorts of Prints & Mapps &c." Printed MS note: I have examined this plan and find it to be an exact copy of the original Stephen P. Fuller, Surveyor, Boston, July 2, 1835. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Kashnor notes, "Excessively rare. The earliest known map of Boston Harbor, probably the work of John Seller. It locates Boston, with the old dock and fort, Sentenall Hill immeadiately behind the fort. Shows Charles Town and Winasemet to the north, Dorchesterneck to the south of Boston." Kashnor dates as ca. 1670. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 530 (on backing).
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the chain of French forts on the Hudson's Bay and surrounding country for preventing the savages going down to the Bay to trade with the Company." Submap of Boston harbor. Kashnor dates ca. 1700. RLIN record confirms date. McCorkle identifies cartographer as Sanson, gives first publication date as ca. 1695. Submap of Boston Harbor.. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle [695.7]. Verso Text: MS note: 434.
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![Seat of the War, in New England, by an American Volunteer [Submap]: Plan of the Town of Boston with the Attack on Bunkers-Hill in the Peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th. of June 1775. With the Marches of the Several Corps Sent by the Colonies. Towards Boston. with the Attack on Bunkers = Hill](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KOYJI7%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Kashnor notes, "A very fine and rare war plan, with both imprints. The Bunker's Hill plan shows Charlestown in flames." Two submaps: Plan of Boston Harbour from an Actual Survey. Plan of the Town of Boston.... Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, English. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis (half). Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. References: McCorkle 775.1. Verso Text: MS note: 128.
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Shows increase in area and population since 1865. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by Sampson, Davenport & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." "J. H. Buffords' Sons Lith. Boston." Cover title: New Map of Boston 1875 A. Williams & Co. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, Rods. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes.
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