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Description Map of the Middlesex Canal, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1801. This map was published about 1 year before the canal opened for boat traffic.
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Source "Map of Massachusetts", Osgood Carleton, engraved by Joseph Callendar and Samuel Hill, published 1801. This scan is from the David Rumsey Map Collection, and has been cropped to remove extraneous terrain and digitally enhanced to emphasize the canal's route.
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Osgood Carleton  (1742–1816)  wikidata:Q58816285
 
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Carlton Osgood
Description cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer and educator
Date of birth/death 17 June 1742 Edit this at Wikidata June 1816 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nottingham Edit this at Wikidata Litchfield Edit this at Wikidata
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The following text is taken from the David Rumsey web site: Images copyright © 2000 by Cartography Associates. Images may be reproduced or transmitted, but not for commercial use. For commercial use or commercial republication, contact carto@luna-img.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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