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Boston Harbor : showing the steamboat routes to places of amusement

Description: Cover bears MS note: C. W. Folsom, Survey(?) Office, City Hall, Boston. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Samuel T. Cushing in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts." "Engraved by G. W. Boynt" "J. H. Daniels, Engraving, Lithography, Steel & Copper Plate Printing." Cover title: Plan of Boston Harbor, Printed in Oil Colors, showing the Steamboat Routes to Nahant, Nantasket Beach, Hingham, Hull, Downer's Landing, Long Island and Lovell's Grove, and other places of interest. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, naut.. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Huntington sticker: 117450.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1865
Call number: 117450
Creator: Daniels, J. H(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 40 x 48 cm folded to 12mo
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Colton's Map of the States of New England and New York, with parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, The Canadas &c. showing the railroads, canals and stage roads, with distances from place to place / Drawn by George W. Colton

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Bound into Guide book with smaller map of the middle states facing title page. Gift of Max Farrand. Submaps: Plan of the City of Boston; Plan of the City of New York; The Rail Road routes between Philadelphia, New York and Baltimore and Washington. Vignettes: Boston; New York; Montreal; Toronto. Prime meridian: Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Map of Boston for 1875

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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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Manuscript map of Boston harbor showing fortifications

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A map of Boston Harbor hand drawn on the verso of a printed map of Port Antonio in Jamaica. The map depicts the positions of fortifications and lines built during the Siege of Boston, 1775-1776. Boston is minimally sketched. MS note: 804 (on backing). Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Watermark: EAR. Verso Text: The map has been torn and repaired with a piece laid over the center of the hand drawn map. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Maps of the Eastern, Middle and Southern States; Forts Sumter, Pickens, Monroe and McHenry. Plans of Washington, its vicinity, and Baltimore.; Routes, Distances, &c

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This map must have been issued shortly after Fort Sumter was fired on in April, 1861. A patriotic appeal to save the Union. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by L. Prang & Co. in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts. By W. A. Waiiliams, Civil Engineer, 25 Merchants Row, Boston." Vignettes: Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Major Anderson. MS note: 3.00 (T62). Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Other Features: Vignettes. Verso Text: MS note: 150227.

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Traveller's Map of the Middle, Northern, Eastern States and Canada. Showing all the Railroad, Steamboat, Canal and Principal Stage Routes

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Vignette of Niagara Falls and River. Vignette: Niagara River and surrounding country showing the proposed ship canal, Rail Roads, etc. Drawn by the late Captain W. G. Williams, U.S. Topographical Corps. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Entwistle's Handy Map of Washington and Vicinity: Showing public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, and lines of street rail roads

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Street car lines may be hand drawn. Submap; Divisions of the city. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Boston Harbor : showing the steamboat routes to places of amusement

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