A history and description of the Metropolitan Park System of Boston : holograph manuscript, 1900 / A.A. Shurtleff.

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A history and description of the Metropolitan Park System of Boston : holograph manuscript, 1900 / A.A. Shurtleff.

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Describes Boston's park system, including a description of metropolitan Boston, the topography of the metropolitan district in 1893, and the work of the Metropolitan Park Commission.

1 v. (86 leaves) ; 21 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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