Cole Oct View Near Tamworth splotches watercolor

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outline or profile of mountain peaks 
with handwritten notes of 
distance, color, 

buy make camera lucida 

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Whiteface 

from Fellows Hill Road
photo/s close approximation of the scene 

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skill at capturing overall view and details 


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1860 map suggests was road in the 1820's 

Durgin covered bridge

also see usgs maps 
location swamps, when route 25 built 

Weygant 
Seven miles to Sandwich 

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