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1876
GUSN-12490
Rolled hanging wall map on canvas. Attached to molded wooden stretcher with brass rings for hanging. Round wooden pull at the opposite end with attached molded finials at each end.
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Printed at the bottom of the map in the center is: MAP OF THE CITY/OF/PORTSMOUTH/NEW HAMPSHIRE/From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of/F.W. BEERS./PUBLISHED BY/F.W. BEERS & CO./36 Vesey Street/NEW YORK/1876./ Enter according to act of Congress A.D. 1876 by F.W. Beers & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington./Scale: 200 feet to the inch.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Portsmouth, NH
F.W. Beers & Co. (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
55.875 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1628
New York state (United States)
New Hampshire (United States)
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