Downtown Through History • II
A growing colonial Boston with an emerging local identity, expanding streets and wharves, and stories ranging from commerce to duels and fraud.
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Original Historical Boston map print by Ed McCarthy.
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By 1690 Boston was a far more established port town. This plate follows its growth, conditions for residents, the development of a distinct political identity, and colorful episodes that reveal everyday life in the colony.