A map of the most inhabited part of New England: containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island divided into counties and townships, the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations

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Title
A map of the most inhabited part of New England: containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island divided into counties and townships, the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations
Names
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

Parts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1774 (Inferred)
Place: London, England
Publisher: Thomas Jefferys
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5255 c.1
Topics
New England
Boston Harbor (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Inset: A plan of Boston Harbor from accurate survey -- A plan of the town of Boston
Statement of responsibility: "November 29th 1774 published according to Act by Thos. Jefferys geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales near Charing Cross."
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 107 x 100 cm
NYPL copy divided into 2 sheets of 54 x 100 cm or smaller
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 810110444
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20644062
Other local Identifier: US023.3
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 57725e90-7dc3-0134-42e8-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1774: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the most inhabited part of New England" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1774. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6aba0ef0-7dc3-0134-0caa-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A map of the most inhabited part of New England" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6aba0ef0-7dc3-0134-0caa-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1774). A map of the most inhabited part of New England Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6aba0ef0-7dc3-0134-0caa-00505686a51c

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A map of the most inhabited part of New England