Plan of Chester made by J. Gould, dated September 1831

Plan of Chester made by J. Gould, dated September 1831

Item Information

Title:
Plan of Chester made by J. Gould, dated September 1831
Surveyor:
Gould, J.
Date:
September 1831
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):
Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Series:
Town plans, 1830
Places:
Hampden (county) > Chester
Extent:
1 map : mounted on linen ; 71 x 56 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/25152h30c
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Scale:
1:19,800
Notes (historical):
For the compilation of a more accurate state map, each town in Massachusetts (and the city of Boston) was required by Resolves 1829, c 50 to make a town plan based on a survey no more than five years old, to be submitted to the state secretary's office. Plans, to be drawn on a scale of one hundred rods to the inch, were to include the following information: rivers, waterways, public and private roads, places of public worship, courthouses, other public buildings, distance from town center to county shire town and to Boston, bridges and ferries, falls, ponds, shores, harbors, islands, mountains and hills, mills and manufactories, mines, iron works, meadows, and woodlands.
Identifier:
v.4:p.1
no.1967