Description: 1886 Burleigh Bird's Eye View Map of East Pepperell, Massachusetts WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS Title: Easter Pepperell, Mass. 1886. Description: This 1886 Lucian Rinaldo Burleigh bird's eye view map of East Pepperell, Massachusetts provides a look at a modern-day community near the end of the 19th century. Overlooking East Pepperrell from the southeast, several roads that still exist in town are illustrated and labeled, including Groton Street, Leighton Street, Mill Street, Tucker Street, and Hollis Street. Both the Nissitissit and Nashua Rivers are illustrated, and the Pepperell Covered Bridge across the Nashua River is illustrated to the right of center. Seventeen locations throughout town are numerically identified and correspond to an index below the bottom border, including several mills, two paper companies, the post office, train station, and public school.The Pepperell Covered BridgeA bridge has existed at the same location since 1740, although it has been rebuilt a few times. The bridge was the site of an important local event during the American Revolution. Not long after the beginning of the war, a Patriot named Prudence Cummings Wright and the other women in her Patriot network stopped Prudence's brother (a Tory) and his friend from disclosing the location of a cache of Patriot gunpowder at the bridge. The women unhorsed the two men and searched them, finding incriminating dispatches meant for the British. Both men were held at a local tavern overnight and then taken to the local Committee of Safety the following day. Their ultimate fate, however, has been lost to history.Publication History and CensusThis view was drawn by Lucian Rinaldo Burleigh and engraved and printed by Charles H. Vogt in 1886. The OCLC records examples in the institutional collections of the Library of Congress and Pennsylvania State University. We are also aware of an example in the collection of the Normon B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. Size: Printed area measures 14 inches high by 21.25 inches wide. Condition: Very good. Light soiling. Blank on verso. Shipping: Shipping rates are not negotiable. Items are shipped within three business days of receiving payment. We are happy to consolidate shipping where possible. The following shipping options are available: 1. FedEx Overnight (45 USD). USA Only. Signature Required. 2. FedEx Ground or Home Delivery (15 USD). USA Only. 1 - 10 days. If your address is a P.O. Box and cannot ship FedEx we will ship USPS Priority and, while we ship promptly, recent postal personnel cutbacks mean that delivery may take time. Signature Required. 3. FedEx International or DHL International EXPRESS (45 USD). 4. We can use your FedEx Account. Customs: International buyers are responsible for paying duty and taxes on delivery. DHL or FedEx will contact the buyer by telephone to arrange tax payment if it is levied. Duty varies by country and we cannot predict the amount you will be charged. Some countries are duty free, others are not. Typically, a customs duty and/or VAT tax will be assessed on all parcels to continental Europe. Sometimes duty or tax is due in China, but is seems very random. Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan have never assessed duty on a map we shipped. Maps shipped to the UK should be duty free as educational materials, but from time to time duty of 5% is assessed incorrectly by the UK customs agents. Insurance: All shipments are insured privately against loss and damage. All of our shipments require a signature for insurance purposes. If you have any questions please feel free to email us through eBay. Other ServicesConservation Framing: Geographicus recommends basic conservation framing services for any antique paper. We do not offer this service. Antique Map Restoration: Geographicus can repair and restore your antique map. Services include deacidification cleaning flattening and backing. BEWARE anyone attempting to contact you, from a different eBay account, claiming to represent Geographicus Antique Maps. My eBay handle is GeographicusMaps. If you are contacted by email by someone offering you my items, please call me directly to be certain you are not dealing with a con artist. "
Price: 1320 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2025-01-28T15:17:37.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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