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Description:
One of the eareliest obtainable battle related maps of the American Revolution, which was prepared to illustrate the Gentleman's Magazine accounts of Lexington and Concord in June of 1775. Detailed map of the region bounded by Massachusetts Bay to the east and the Connecticut River to the west, and extending to part of southern New Hampshire and very northern Connecticut and Rhode Island. The map illustrates the primary roads from Lexington and Concord to Cambridge and Boston. "A Map of 100 Miles round Boston", cut from "The Gentleman's Magazine", June 1775, London. Shows area from Cape Ann to the Connecticut River and from northern Connecticut River and from northern Connecticut and Rhode Island to Kittery and York in Maine. Relief shown pictorially.

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