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Title: New Hampshire, 1784, with manuscript annotations (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image)

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library
• Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801.
• Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Dates

• Issued: 2007-03
• Coverage: 1784

Publishers

• Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library

Summary

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: A topographical map of the Province of New Hampshire, by Samuel Holland. It was published in 1784 by William Faden. Scale [ca. 1:260,000]. This layer is image 1 of 2 total images, representing the northern portion of the two sheet source map. This map differs from other eds. in that it includes manuscript annotations showing proposed county boundaries; Town of Lebanon labeled in manuscript. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the New Hampshire State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 2800). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, selected building, industry, mill and tavern locations, names of selected landowners, town and patent boundaries and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes text. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Subjects

• Transportation
• New Hampshire
• Maps
• Human settlements
• Land use
• Infrastructure (Economics)
• Bodies of water
• Administrative and political divisions
• Cities and towns
• Villages
• Landowners
• Real property
• imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
• Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-72.809656, -69.866451, 45.566007, 43.675174)
• Geometry: BBOX (-72.809656, -69.866451, 45.566007, 43.675174)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library, Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801., Faden, William, 1750?-1836. New Hampshire, 1784, with manuscript annotations (Image 1 of 2) (Raster Image). Harvard Map Collection, Harvard College Library. Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-nh3740-1784-h61-s1

Format

GeoTIFF