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Auction House Bonhams
Website www.bonhams.com
Auction Name Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs
Sale Number 18847
Auction Date Jun 07, 2011 - Jun 07, 2011

Lot Details : Bonhams

Lot Number 50     
Title An untitled road map extending east from Brunswick on Stephen's River to Fort St. George on the George River with the further route to Fort Pownall indicated
Year Published 1770
Description COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS An untitled road map extending east from Brunswick on Stephen's River to Fort St. George on the George River with the further route to Fort Pownall indicated, MANUSCRIPT MAP ON PAPER, lightly varnished, a few splits and tears without loss, laid later on sailcloth, the edges with embroidery in coloured silks and wool, affixed to two wooden rollers, 360 x 1815mm., [c.1770]
Lot Note This road map measures distance from Boston, and commences some twenty miles north of modern Portland. The names of useful taverns along or near the route are are given, together with those of streams and rivers to be crossed: Ross's Tavern; Thompson's Tavern (Brunswick); Whigsig River; Kennebec River; Negwasett River; Monsweig River; Sevey's Tavern; Averill's Tavern (Sheepscutt River); Cunningham's Tavern; Dameriscotty River; Leissnar's Tavern (Broad Bay); McIntyre's Tavern at the crossing of the St. George River. Provenance: by direct descent from Sir Francis Bernard, governor of Massachusetts.
Estimated Price GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00( USD 4560.00 - USD 7600.00)
Actual Price GBP 50,400.00 ( USD 76608.00)