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Excerpt from A Survey of Boston and Its Vicinity: Shewing the Distance From the Old State House, at the Head of State Street, to All the Towns and Villages Not Exceeding Fifteen Miles Therefrom; Also the Intermediate Distance From One Place to Another Surveys hath frequently Observed the decep tions used to decoy travellers by means of erro neous statements as to distances marked on guide boards and stones; some having calcu lated to the town lines only, others having their miles set at random, without regard to real measure, each party or Corporation recommend ing as the shortest and best way their favourite route, or that perhaps in which their interest is most concerned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.