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Auction 120, Lot 303

"A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston", Anon.

Subject: Boston, Massachusetts

Period: 1775 (published)

Publication: Gentlemen's Magazine

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.5 x 10.5 inches
19.1 x 26.7 cm
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This important map was published just four months after the Battle of Bunker Hill. The map shows Charles Town in Ruins with pictorial indications of ruined buildings. The plan of Boston names streets, including Beacon Street with a topographical representation of Beacon Hill, Newberry Street, and indications of fortifications, batteries and other landmarks. Bound with two pages of text from the magazine, one with related text.

References: Jolly (GENT) 239; Phillips (M) pp. 149.

Condition: A+

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $500

Closed on 7/18/2007

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