A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall [sic] buildings, & new streets, to the year, 1769

Add to My Favorites

A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall [sic] buildings, & new streets, to the year, 1769
This map is also available in American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO), a collections portal especially built for material relating to the American Revolutionary War Era. Visit ARGO to learn more about this item and explore the historical geography of North America in the late eighteenth century.

Item Information

Title:
A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall [sic] buildings, & new streets, to the year, 1769
Description:
After Bonner's death in 1726, his partner William Price assumed sole ownership of the Boston plan, which he reissued several times over the next 40 years. Facing competition from William Burgis' attractive plan, Price made numerous changes, notably the addition of a decorative cartouche. He also added numerous streets in the south and west and along Boston Neck, with buildings shown by shading rather than perspective view. The re-engraving was done by Thomas Johnston, who had also engraved Burgis' plan. The result is overcrowded and even overwhelming, but the map remains the best visual record of pre-Revolutionary Boston.
Creator:
Price, William, fl. 1725-1769
Contributor:
Bonner, John, ca. 1643-1726
Date:
1769
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 map ; 44 x 61 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Boston [Mass.] : Wm. Price
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:5,760
Language:
English
Notes:
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Includes indexes, tables and descriptions.
"Printed for & sold by by Wm. Price at ye Kings Head, & Looking Glass, in Cornhill, near the Town House in Boston ..."
"To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esqr. Capt. General and Governour in Chief of His Majesties Provinces of the Massachusets Bay & New Hampshire in New England and Vice Admiral of the same this plan of the great town of Boston is humbly dedicated by Yor. Excellencies most obedient & humble servt. William Price."
This map can be viewed as a georeferenced overlay in an interactive application made especially for We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence http://d2o8owo4k087al.cloudfront.net/index.html?mapId=1.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Made in Boston" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2013-2014.
Exhibited: "We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2015.
Identifier:
06_01_001182
Call #:
G3764.B6 1769 .P7
Barcode:
39999058994979