COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS [MILLER (FRANCIS] A very large untitled map of the road west towards Albany, from Boston extending to Great Barrington by way of Springfield
COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS
[MILLER (FRANCIS] A very large untitled map of the road west towards Albany, from Boston extending to Great Barrington by way of Springfield, manuscript map on paper, comprising 8 sheets together with 6 quarter sheets and two small pieces forming the upper border (one of these missing, but seemingly blank except for border and a line), executed in black and brown inks with water indicated in green, border employing bright yellow, one sheet laid down, size if joined approximately 690 x 4700mm., [New England, c.1765]
Sold for £34,850 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • This is the largest and most detailed version of the road west from Boston. The principle places marked are the dozens of named taverns interspersed by meeting houses, court houses. The Connecticut River and Hadley Mountains are clearly marked. See detail illustrated overleaf.

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