Title:
Town Plans--1830, 1830
Creator:
Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Description:
For the compilation of a more accurate state map, each town in Massachusetts (and the city of Boston) was required by Resolves 1829, c 50 to make a town plan based on a survey no more than five years old, to be submitted to the state secretary's office. Plans, to be drawn on a scale of one hundred rods to the inch, were to include the following information: rivers, waterways, public and private roads, places of public worship, courthouses, other public buildings, distance from town center to county shire town and to Boston, bridges and ferries, falls, ponds, shores, harbors, islands, mountains and hills, mills and manufactories, mines, iron works, meadows, and woodlands. Printed maps compiled from these town plans and from state astronomical and trigonometrical surveys commissioned by Resolves 1829, c 58 (see history and records of Survey of Massachusetts (CO31)), may be found in: Maps and plans ((M-Ar)50), no. 2243, 2249, 2250, 2253, 2254, 2265, 2433.
Digital Origin:
Town Plans--1830, 1830 was digitized from August-September 2018 by Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. Originals are located at the Massachusetts Archives.
Date:
1830
Type of Resource:
Image
Format:
maps (documents)
Extent:
Originals: 15 cubic ft. (16 v. (boxed)) Copies (series): 14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Copies (reading room): 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. Digital surrogates: 22.3 GB including metadata
Subject:
Cities and towns--Massachusetts--Maps
Subject:
Cities and towns
Subject:
Survey of Massachusetts
Subject:
Massachusetts--Maps
Subject:
Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865
Coverage:
Massachusetts
Collection Information:
Part of Collection: Record Group SC1 (Office of the Secretary of State)
Language:
en
Preferred Citation:
Town Plans--1830, 1830. (SC1 / Series 48X) Massachusetts Archives. Boston, MA. Accessed [insert date accessed in format DD MM YYYY]. [insert URL of resource].
