Plan of Weymouth made by Lemuel Humphrey and Noah Torrey, dated 1830

Title:: Plan of Weymouth made by Lemuel Humphrey and Noah Torrey, dated 1830
Surveyor:: Humphrey, Lemuel
Surveyor:: Torrey, Noah
Date:: 1830
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Massachusetts Archives
Collection (local):: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State
Series:: Town plans, 1830
Places:: Norfolk (county) > Weymouth
Extent:: 1 map : mounted on linen ; 83 x 56 cm
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Scale:: 1:19,800
Notes:: See also v.4:p.19 no.2074
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.20
no.2075