Plan de la ville et du port de Boston : capitale de la Nouvelle Angleterre, 1764?

Item — Drawer: 122 : L : 5, Section: 2 - OUT

Identifier: 2020-IL-001-111

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Description

Displayed here is the first state of Lattre's plan of Boston. The plan here was also separately issued. Describing Boston in the years before the American Revolutionary war, the plan includes information on shoals, soundings in the harbor, and the surrounding countryside. Lattre was the Royal Engraver to Louis XVI from 1776 to 1782, and is most famous for his "Carte des Etats-Unis ...," also in the Richard H. Brown collection.

Dates

1764?

Creator

Lattré, Jean (Creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library’s Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.

Extent

1 Sheets : 1 map : color ; 47 x 67 cm

Language of Materials

French

Additional Description

Reference numbers

Client reference #197; WAG #289310

Provenance

Cohen & Taliaferro LLC, 2 March 2007.

Additional details

Scale ca. 1:11,300. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Attributed to Bellin in Boston Engineering Department's List of maps of Boston published between 1600 and 1903. Includes text, ward index, and index to points of interest.