Historic Maps (Special Collections & University Archives)
Historic maps in SCUA
Title:
Atlas of the boundaries of the city of Boston, Suffolk County and town of Brookline, Norfolk County.
Publisher:
[Boston?] : Commonwealth of Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission, 1902.
Note(s):
Leaves lettered and numbered as “sheets”. Sheet 1 double. Sheets 14 and 24 printed on both sides; versos numbered 14a and 24a.
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 towns and city 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. 1:32,000.
Cover title: Boundary lines of Boston and Brookline.

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