An extremely attractive large format map of Boston published for the 1896 issued of Sampson and Murdock's  Boston Directory .  Covers the metropolitan Boston area and its immediate suburbs including Charlestown, Somerville, Brookline, Brighton, West Roxbury, Jamaica, Roxbury, South Boston, Dorchester and East Boston.  Shows Jamaica Pond and the Fenway, names the Boston Common, Harvard College, Franklin Field, Franklin Park and numerous public and municipal buildings.  Detailed to the street level.  Hand colored.  Dated and copyrighted 1895 by Sampson, Murdock &amp; Co.
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1896 (dated)
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