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Library of Congress1851

Skeleton map of rail-roads between Cape Canso and St. Louis,

Shows railroads in operation or under construction and projected railroads in the northeastern United States and part of Canada.. Includes distance chart and insets "Map of rail roads in Massachusetts" and "Boston harbor & rail road termini." Scale ca. 1:3,375,000. LC Railroad maps, 79 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Same as G3711.P3 1851 .B6 (81-692879) AACR2

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Library of Congress1867

Insurance map of Boston. Volume 1

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

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Library of Congress1903

Image 20 of The White Mountain echo and tourist's register (Bethlehem, N.H.), September 19, 1903

20 THE WHITE MOUNTAINS It Is hard to realize that within the mem ory of men still living the White Mountains were still undiscovered as a summer resort says the Listener in the Boston Tran script To put them on a low plane In the capacity of the producer of millions of dol lars annually for hotels and railroads they are a triumph of newspaper writing up They had of course been noted as natural features of New England ever since the English first settled in the Merrimack Val ley in the 16405 Then that omnivorous seeker of knowledge Rev Manasseh Cut ler of Ipswich and Timothy Dwight of Western Massachusetts and a Boston par ty containing such kindred spirits as Dr J Bigelow Dr Francis Booth F C Gray and Chief Justice Shaw explored them in the last years of the eighteenth century and the first of the nineteenth and the very fact that these journeyings are recorded in history shows that in the first half of the last cen tury it was about as rare for people to visit the White Mountains as it is now to go to Labrador or Greenland Thelr wonders bad been topographically set

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Library of Congress1850

Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches & connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, Jany. 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engr

Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844.

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Library of Congress1828

Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way

Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It is listed as one of the "Rail Roads Never Before Delineated" by Henry S. Tanner in his Memoir on the Recent Surveys ... (Philadelphia, 1829). It was incorporated in June 1831 and was first intended forhorse-drawn power. [From published bibliography]

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Library of Congress1904

Plans showing deed and old location lines of the Western Railroad in the county of Worcester and state of Mass

"Compiled from locations filed in 1837-8 at the office of the county clerk, Worcester, Mass. from original deeds and plans on file at the Boston & Albany Railroad Engineer's Office. Green Lines compiled from grade crossing and other plans. Note: in 1867 the Western R.R. Corp. and the Boston & Worcester R.R. Corp. were consolidated to form the Boston & Albany R.R. Co." Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-023

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Library of Congress1836

Image 1 of Morning star (Limerick, Me.), July 20, 1836

VOL XI MORNING STAR TERMS 7 One Dollar and Seventy Five centsa year If paid in advance er within three months one dollar and fifty cents 7 Those who procure ten responsible l subseribers and act as Agents in collecting and transmitting payments yearly shall be entitled to one paper weekly or ten per cent Z No papers will be discontinued until all arrearages are puid unless at the discre tion of the publishers 3 Agents and subscribers west and south of New England will please send notes on banks as far east as possible 7 As each bank note enclosed in a letter is chargeable with letter postage every remit tance should be comainecin ONE NOTE Itis expected that all communications which do mot contain subscribers for the Star or remit tances will be post paid 7 Advertisements will be inserted in the Star on the following termsln Brevier type 125 a square for three insertions In Non smil which is our smallest type 200 hose which do not exceed half a square will be inserted for 75 ets If continued longer than three weeks the charge will be at the same rate 7 Persons residing out of town

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 22, 1900

NEWS OF THE WEEK Maine Matters The returns for the November election are practically complete and show McKinleys plurality in Maine to be 26200 McKinleys vote 61048 Bryans 35658 Wooleys 2012 ltebs 713The Maineborn congress men in other States are all reelected by big majorities Alexander of New York Fletcher and Stevens of Minne sota and Roberts of Massachusetts are returned by their constituents and there may be some sons of Maine among the new membersThe shoe business seems to be on the boom in Auburn Nearly all of the companies report a rush of work and say that the orders are coming in faster than they can be filledIt was announced that the new monitor to be launched from the Bath Iron Works the latter part of the month would be christened bv Miss Grace H Boutelle Since that time Miss Boutelle who is at present in Boston with her fatherCongressman Boutellehas decid ed that it would be impossible to accept the invitation of the Bath Iron Works and her sister Miss Annie Boutelle will do the christeningThe population of the cities of Maine and some of the larger towns has just been published by the census bureau In

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Library of Congress1858

Maps showing the location of the Boston & Worcester Rail Road : copied from the maps in the offices of the clerks of the county commissioners in the several counties

Shows portions of Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex, and Worcester counties. Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-022

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