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Auction 108, Lot 197

"Plan of the United States Marine Hospital Land Chelsea, Massachusetts by Alonzo Davis", U.S. Government

Subject: Massachusetts

Period: 1835 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.2 x 24.7 inches
46.2 x 62.7 cm
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An unusual city plan, with streets named, centered on the U.S. Marine Hospital in Chelsea, near Boston. Drawn by Alonzo Lewis who was a prominent citizen of Lynn. On a scale of 100 feet to an inch.

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Condition: B

Issued folded, now pressed with fold reinforced with tissue. Some faint offsetting.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 9/29/2004

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