Thursday, December 31, 2009

John Reading and the Town of Gloucester, 1686

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 01, 2010

    It appears that the two maps are oriented in opposite directions - north up on one, and down on the other.

    Interesting that the town went from a "dream" of almost 90 properties to the reality of ten.

    I wonder why John Reading moved to Hunterdon. Surely there was plenty of land and speculation to be had in Gloucester.

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  2. Marfy GoodspeedJanuary 02, 2010

    Hi Roger,
    You are correct about the orientation. I was going to rotate the first map, but didn't want to make Thomas Sharp's notation upside down.
    As for why Reading moved to Hunterdon, I will get to that . . . eventually.

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