Word: surveyor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...careful copy has recently been made for the Memorial Society of a map of the College Yard and the adjacent parts of Cambridge, drawn in 1833 by the surveyor, Alexander Wadsworth, the original of which is preserved in the City Engineer's office at the City Hall. All the houses and house lots are shown, the names of the owners having been pencilled in by some contemporary hand. The map is therefore a valuable record of the topographical conditions in Cambridge seventy years ago, and the changes in streets, street names, and buildings since that time are interesting to follow...