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Plan of the harbour of Boston: from surveys made under the direction of commissioners appointed by a resolve of the legislature, passed March 5th 1835

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Title
Plan of the harbour of Boston: from surveys made under the direction of commissioners appointed by a resolve of the legislature, passed March 5th 1835
Names
Perham, Benjamin Franklin, 1806-approximately 1837 (Surveyor)
Massachusetts. Commissioners for the Survey of Boston Harbor (Publisher)
T. Moore's Lithography (Lithographer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Massachusetts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1837 (Inferred)
Place: Boston, Mass.
Publisher: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5256
Topics
Harbors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Harbors
Wharves
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts -- Boston
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: surveyed & drawn by B.F. Perham.
Content: Depths shown by sounding.
Content: Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Date: "January 28th 1837."
Citation/reference: From: Report of the Commissioners for the Survey of Boston Harbor : Senate--no. 47. 26 p. ; 25 cm.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 69 x 85 cm, on sheet 71 x 89 cm
Originally printed on 2 sheets
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 91680094
RLIN/OCLC: 23046278
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645083
Other local Identifier: US097.4.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 910676a0-7911-0134-51cd-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1806: Creator Born
  • 1837: Issued
  • 1837: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2019: Found by you!
  • 2020

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the harbour of Boston" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1837. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/8d63e790-028a-0135-6e61-17f28ec1a183

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the harbour of Boston" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2019. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/8d63e790-028a-0135-6e61-17f28ec1a183

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1837). Plan of the harbour of Boston Retrieved from http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/8d63e790-028a-0135-6e61-17f28ec1a183

Wikipedia Citation

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Plan of the harbour of Boston