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1776 Cape Cod Canal – Mass Archives

Posted on September 22, 2011 by SHC_maps

“Machin’s Map of a Canal from Barnstable Bay to Buzzard’s Bay” The earliest official survey of a proposed canal connecting Cape Cod Bay to Buzzards Bay. The map is made available only in a low resolution version, downloadable in a single file. … Continue reading →

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1795 Massachusetts Map

Posted on September 21, 2011 by SHC_maps

“An Accurate Map of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Exclusive of the District of Maine” “Compiled pursuant to an Act of the General Court, From Actual Surveys of the several Towns &c. Taken By Their Order” “Exhibiting the boundary Lines of the Commonwealth, … Continue reading →

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