tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2259682232137837733..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Modern Bird's-Eye View of Colonial BostonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-18251409759351146802007-03-07T20:20:00.000-05:002007-03-07T20:20:00.000-05:00Good question, and good eye! Here's the Boston Pub...Good question, and good eye! Here's the Boston Public Library's online image of <A HREF="http://maps.bpl.org/id/M8629/" REL="nofollow">Lt. Thomas Page's map of Boston</A> in 1775. The label of "Mount Whoredom" has been rubbed away, but the hill itself remains due west of Beacon Hill near Fox Hill.<BR/><BR/>The zone north ("behind") Mount Whoredom has been laid out with streets, but Page hasn't drawn any permanent buildings there. A similar grid appears on the 1769 map of town. I suspect that recent settlement was the notorious Mount Whoredom neighborhood of impermanent housing. <BR/><BR/>And it does seem to be discreetly hidden behind a hill in Jones's painting.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-37401601774294803932007-03-07T19:39:00.000-05:002007-03-07T19:39:00.000-05:00Question about this rendering: Should Mt. Whoredom...Question about this rendering: Should Mt. Whoredom be more built up? Was it actually still this undeveloped, or was it simply not detailed precisely on some maps because it was a mess, disreputable, etc.? <BR/><BR/>-- mtaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com