Title: A plan of Cambridge Green,
Authors: Davis, John, 1761-1847.; Hall, Joseph, 1761-1848.; Howard, Bezaleel, 1753-1837.; Paine, Elijah, 1757-1842.; Tyng, Dudley Atkins, 1760-1829.
Year: 1780
Subjects: Harvard University Curricula; Harvard College (1780- ).; Harvard University Buildings Pictorial works.; Harvard University Pictorial works.; Surveying Pictorial works.; Geometry Study and teaching (higher) Massachusetts Cambridge; Mathematics Study and teaching (higher) Massachusetts Cambridge; Cambridge (Mass.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.; Cambridge (Mass.) Maps.
Abstract: Small pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing of Cambridge Green created by Harvard senior John Davis, presumably as part of his undergraduate mathematical coursework. The map surveys Cambridge Commons and includes a few rough outlines of College buildings and the Episcopal church, and notes the burying ground, and the roads to Charlestown, Menotomy, the pond, Watertown, and the bridge. The original handwritten text is faded and was annotated with additional text by Davis including the note "[taken in my Senior year at H. College Septr 1780] Surveyed in concert with classmates, Atkins, Hall 1st, Howard, Payne, &c.- J. Davis." There is a note that "Atkins afterwards took the name of Tying." Davis refers to Dudley Atkins Tyng, Joseph Hall, Bezaleel Howard, and Elijah Paine, all members of the Harvard Class of 1781.