Historic Maps (Special Collections & University Archives)
Historic maps in SCUA
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the city of Lynn and towns of Nahant, Saugus, and Swampscott, Essex County; and Wakefield, Middlesex County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1902.
Note(s):
Leaves lettered and numbered as “sheets.” Sheet 16 printed on both sides; verso numbered 16a.
One of 68 town boundary atlases produced by the Topographical Survey Commission (1898-1900) and the Harbor and Land Commission (1901-1915) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes a summary of the history of the establishment of the city and towns by legislative enactment; a list of statutes establishing or altering the boundaries; extracts from the statutes; descriptions and positions of triangulation stations; a map of the boundaries; and plans of the city and town corners.
Map scale (from bar graph) ca. 1:53,000.
Cover title: Boundary lines of Lynn – Nahant – Saugus Swampscott -Wakefield.

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