Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., lithographer.

Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 82 x 67 cm, on sheet 86 x 70 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US100.3.08

Subject

1. Boston (Mass.) > Maps
2. Maps
3. Massachusetts > Boston
4. Boston (Mass.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
5. Massachusetts > Boston Metropolitan Area
6. Boston Metropolitan Area (Mass.) > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5313

Note

1. Shows wards, streets, railroads, ferries, parks, schools, churches, selected buildings and radial distances from City Hall.
2. Covers also parts of adjacent towns and cities, including all of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline.
3. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by Sampson, Davenport & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."
4. "Published expressly for the Boston almanac & Boston directory."
5. Includes table of population of Boston for various periods.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Sampson, Davenport & Co., creator, publisher.

Title

1. Map of Boston for 1876.

Publisher

1. 155 Franklin St., Boston : Sampson, Davenport & Co., [1876]

Manufacturer

1. Boston : J.H. Bufford's Sons lith., [1876]

Cartographic data

1. Scale 1:19,800. 100 rods to an inch (W 71°11ʹ28ʺ--W 70°55ʹ23ʺ/N 42°23ʹ55ʺ--N 42°13ʹ40ʺ).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 2, page 11, column 2, no. 4

Source

1. US100.3.08

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States Massachusetts Boston.

Added author

1. J.H. Bufford's Sons Lith., lithographer.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5313