George Lamb

“ This series of plans of the Town of Boston is the result of a great amount of research, and presents in a most interesting manner the growth of the Town from the first settlement to 1645.
The plan dated December 25, 1645, while in the main correct, does not show all the transfers made during that year, as will be seen by consulting Suffolk Deeds, Lib. 1, as noted in the introduction to the Book of Possessions (Volume 2 of the Boston Records) , the first 111 pages of which were written by William Aspinwall prior to the 10th month, 1645. ”

“ The numbers on the plans follow the original pagination of the Book of Possessions.
On the plan of 1630 the lot marked S should have been assigned to Thomas Sharp.
These plans show the old peninsula of Boston; consequently the allotments at the “field end next Roxbury” do not appear.
The New Field was located at the west part of the town in the angle bounded by the present Cambridge street, and extending through Lynde and Leverett streets to Haugh’s Point. The principal town landing was at the head of the cove or dock, around which Valentine Hill’s highway was laid out in 1641. ”