| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5402 |  | Details | Wadsworth, George | 1873 |
| Unrecorded First Map of the Town Of Everett Massachusetts |
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Wadsworth, George |
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| 1873 |
| LOC:53 |
| $4,500.00 | Wadsworth--George | Unrecorded-First-Map-of-the-Town-Of-Everett-Massachusetts | Unrecorded original lithographed map of Everett, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts published in October 1873, three years after the town of Everett separated from the city of Malden, Mass. on March 9, 1870. Originally part of Charlestown and later Malden, this is <strong>the first printed map solely of the town of Everett (1873)</strong> after the separation.
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The cost of potable water was one of the key factors motivating the separation of Everett (South Malden) from Malden. In 1870 Everett was an agricultural community with a population of 2,152 inhabitants. The needs of what was then South Malden diverged from the northern part of Malden, particularly with respect to the need for a water source. Despite a near unanimous vote of South Malden, which could draw water from the Mystic River, Malden voted to source water from Spot Pond. Everett's charter in 1870 contained a clause that exempted the new town from the onerous debt Malden incurred in sourcing their water supply.
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No holdings of this rare map are recorded anywhere online including the LOC and Leventhal Library.
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Created by and based on the surveys of George Wadsworth, civil engineer and surveyor in Everett, and others.
Published and lithographed by J. Mayer and Co. 4 State Street, Boston. |