January 2011

Manuscript map from "A Copy of the Record of the Proceedings of the Commissioners for settling adjusting and determining the Boundary of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Eastward toward the Province of the Massachusetts Bay,". Original in the John Carter Brown Library.

This very large manuscript map, about 50 inches by 45 inches, was somewhat hidden within the binding of the copy of the proceedings. Not even included in the cataloging for the manuscript, it was discovered by a curious inspection of red ribbon appearing in the gutter of the last page. Click on the writing at the bottom right of map to see a detail of the text.