A plan of the attack of Fort Sullivan near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of his majesty's ships on the 28th of June 1776 with the disposition of the king's land forces and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels

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Item Information

Title:
A plan of the attack of Fort Sullivan near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of his majesty's ships on the 28th of June 1776 with the disposition of the king's land forces and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels
Title (alt.):
Plan of the platform in Sulivans [sic] fort
Creator:
Clinton, William Henry, Sir, 1769-1846
Date:
[ca. 1791]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Fort Moultrie (S.C.)--Maps
Sullivan's Island (S.C. : Island)--Maps
Charleston (S.C.)--History--Siege, 1776--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Sullivan's Island (island)
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Charleston
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Fort Moultrie
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 28.5 x 38 cm
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:26,250.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map showing details of the British attack on Charleston in 1776.
A later copy of the Thomas James map, very similar to Clinton Map 299 signed by William Clinton and dated 1791.
Clinton Maps 301.
Identifier:
8702
Barcode:
B1938719