Articles by mapgraphs

  • John Chandler's 1705 Road From Woodstock to Hartford

    - 3 months ago
    A Map of the Mohegan Sachems Hereditary Country
    An abridged survey of the northernmost Common Way running east from the Willimantic River to Ashford, continuing through Ashford to Woodstock. Draft Edits - March, April, May, June 2024 (Fin)

  • Forgotten Paths

    - 20 Aug 2023
    1724 Road Hartford-to-Boston 02
    Town records, Town Clerk's vault (M. Palmer) The following is a slight digression intended to complement a couple of longer works-in-progress about overland travel in Colonial New England. The various primary sources included here hopefully provide some background on a methodology of working with documents from the early Colonial New England period. Working directly from the early records, in their own words, can help foster a narrative based on the content of the records rather than a…