A New Bedford historical sketch
Subtitle: how the core community grew
By: Robert Ricketson Murphy
Publisher: Robert Ricketson Murphy
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore County, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780615204499
Subjects: History; Streets; Indexes; Maps
Notes: "1908 Map of the City of New Bedford...Published by W.A. Greenough & Co., Boston, Mass. for New Bedford Directory" folded in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-168).
Table of contents: title: Framing the future city; title: A few salient features; title: Two founders named Joe; title: A bipolar community; title: The Dartmouth Town line (DTL) - Two Brooks; title: Windmills; title: Ropewalks; title: Processing of whaling products; title: An overview of growth; title: Street sequences in the core community circa 1900; title: First directory of streets-published in 1836; title: Some landmarks and early neighborhoods; title: Distance tables; title: Some individual streets, Avenues, Boulevards, Courts, Lanes, Corners, and Squares; title: Street acceptances in the core community 1769-1852; title: Appendix A. Population of New Bedford; title: Appendix B. Informed commentary in 1922 of streets as of 1838.