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Clough's Atlas of Boston neighborhoods based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798

Clough`s Atlas of Boston neighborhoods based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798 Manuscript maps

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    Manuscript maps by Samuel Chester Clough, circa 1930-1940

    Each page: 35 cm x 28 cm

    This atlas is comprised of an overview map (image 1 within this online presentation), 60 pages depicting 55 blocks of Boston neighborhoods (images 2-61 within this online presentation), and 9 additional pages of notes and lists about of property owners and other maps (these additional pages are not available online).
    From the Samuel Chester Clough research materials towards a topographical history of Boston.


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    Samuel Clough's atlas contains manuscript maps showing the street layout and property ownership of 55 blocks of Boston neighborhoods, based on the Direct Tax Census of 1798. Included is a color-coded drawing of Shawmut Peninsula on the front leaf. Clough planned to publish a topographical history of Boston, but never finished it.