A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.’s 1873 map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.  Shows cities, towns, railroads and roadways with color coding according to district.  Also includes both Martha Vineyard and Nantucket.  Features the vine motif border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1865-80 period. Prepared by W. H. Gamble for inclusion as plate 14 in the 1873 issue of  Mitchell’s New General Atlas .  Dated and copyrighted, “Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1873 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
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1873 (dated)
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