Museum purchase, 1980.100.22 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Plan of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut

PublisherPublished by Frederick W. Beers American, 1839 - 1933

Date1874

MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/4 x 14 3/8in. (29.8 x 36.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 12 1/8 x 14 3/4in. (30.8 x 37.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionMap of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, with the state borders of Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; the Atlantic Ocean to the east; Long Island, the Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean to the south; and part of New York State to the west. The land is divided into counties, labeled and outlined with broken solid lines; and towns, labeled and outlined with thin broken solid black lines. Cities are denoted with open circles. Railroads, labeled and depicted as solid black lines, include the New York and New Haven; Boston, Hartford and Erie; Housatonic; Naugatuck; New Haven and Northampton; New Haven, Hartford and Springfield; New York and Boston Air Line; New London Northern; and the Norwich and Worcester Railroads.

Object number1980.100.22

MarkingsVerso, right side, stamped in blue ink: "THE CONNECTICUT / 80916 / HISTORICAL SOCIETY"InscribedRecto, bottom right, printed in black ink: "PLAN OF / MASSACHUSETTS / RHODE ISLAND / AND / CONNECTICUT. / Drawn and Engraved especially for this Atlas."NotesCartographic Note: Scale: 1 inch equals 15 miles

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