Large-format 1871 antique lithographed map of Middlesex County, Massachusetts in original hand color, printed more than 145 years ago.

• The image area measures a generous 42 x 58 cm [16½" x 22¾"], and details include wagon roads, railways, villages, town boundaries, post offices, natural features, and individual homes and farms!



• The map is drawn on a scale of 1:158,400, or 2½ miles to an inch, and the topography is shown in relief, giving the map a very handsome, dramatic appearance.



• The coverage area is centered on Middlesex County and also includes lands to the west and east, from Holden and Wachusett Mountain to Ipswich, Hull, and Marblehead Harbor.



• Among the other named places and features on the map are the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad, Walden Pond, Shrewsbury, Harvard College, Methuen, Spoon Hill, Littleton Village, the Danvers & Newburyport Railroad, Bedford, Winchester, Original Baldwin Apple Tree, Cambridge, Bolton, Stering Junction, Waltham, Lexington, Brookline, Wayland, Acton, Newton, Framingham, and Chelmsford.



• Condition:  The map is in very good condition, complete and intact, with a vertical center fold, as issued, a bit of faint spotting in the upper margin, and no rips, tears, or writing. It is printed on a heavy paper and is blank on the back. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• It is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



• It was published in Official Topographical Atlas of Massachusetts, from Astronomical, Trigonometrical, and Various Local Surveys; Compiled and Corrected by H.F. Walling & O.W. Gray, by Stedman, Brown & Lyon, Boston, 1871.



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