Note stain top border, mat will hide. Antique authentic map showing. "MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND". Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original hand-coloring. Classic map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes, railroads, waterways, and topographical features. An inset in the lower left features a plan of Boston, with streets, bridges, railroads, and major landmarks labeled. A statistical table in the upper right lists populations by county. From the "New Universal Atlas". Published at bottom left border "Entering according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver...". The plate was originally published by Samuel Augustus (truncated). Measures approx. 17.5x13.5 inches. Very good + condition. 

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