Description:
The Field Notes of Benjamin Crane, Benjamin Hammond, and Samuel Smith. New Bedford, MA: [The Mercury Press for] the New Bedford Free Public Library, 1910. Large folio, the text consisting of facsimile reproductions and transcriptions of the surveying field books of Crane, Hammond, and Smith between 1710 and 1793, publisher's cloth with red labels, top of spine with short tear, rare on the market, 15 x 10 in.
Estimate $80-100
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Samuel Smith, Benjamin Crane, Benjamin Hammond, New BedfordJohn Dorfman
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