Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Vol. 6, 1898. 121 sheet(s). Bound.
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Vol. 6, 1898. 121 sheet(s). Bound.
Vol. 7, 1898. 121 sheet(s). Bound.
Vol. 3, 1897. 115 sheet(s). Bound.
Vol. 1, 1895. 97 sheet(s). 36 skeleton maps. Bound.
1893. 108 sheet(s). 2 skeleton maps. Bound.
1892. 120 sheet(s). 4 skeleton maps. Bound.
Relief shown by hachures. Removed from railroad timetable. Notes and part of timetable on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 20-83
This is the earliest published Sanborn fire insurance map. Orientation varies. Includes index. In manuscript ink on index plate: "Filed Feb. 4, 1868" and "February 1868, no. 856." Index tabs removed. Maps mounted on cloth. Phillips, 14416 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Forms part of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. Conserved; 002504 1978 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
Outline map, oriented to the west, of the area north of Boston showing the rail network.
Shows area of Cheshire, Hillsborough, and northern part of Middlesex county. Chartered December 28, 1844.
This record covers single maps of Boston showing various subjects, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian in the Geography & Map Division (202) 707-6277 or through the "Ask a librarian" link through the Geography & Map Division website https://ask.loc.gov/map-geography/. Title supplied by cataloger. Most maps earlier than 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles.