Description:
Railroad Map of New England & Eastern New York Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources by J.H. Goldthwait. Boston: Redding & Co.; New York: Clark, Austin, & Co., 1849. Large folding map of southern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in their entirety, and the eastern tier of New York, along with Long Island and the Sound, with an inset map of railroad lines and connections in the Boston Harbor area, dissected into sixteen panels and mounted on contemporary dark linen, with the original label on the verso, some foxing, matted, 25 1/4 x 21 in.
Estimate $200-250
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Redding & Co., AustinJohn Dorfman
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