A plan of the environs of Brooklyn showing the position of the rebel lines and defences on the 27th of August 1776

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Item Information

Title:
A plan of the environs of Brooklyn showing the position of the rebel lines and defences on the 27th of August 1776
Contributor:
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795
Creator:
Sproule, Geo. F. (George F.), 1741-1817
Date:
March 1781
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
New York > New York > Brooklyn (borough)
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 47.1 x 58.7 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:12,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Below scale bars at lower left: Drawn by Lieut: Geo: Sproule of the 16th Regimt. of Foot assist. engineer from a survey made by him in September 1776. Drawn in March 1781.
Finished, colored, topographical map giving details of the American defenses in Brooklyn and showing the outline of the Manhattan shoreline of the East River.
Table of references provides further information and details of individual fortifications.
Notation added by General Henry Clinton at upper left regarding the absence of American fortifications on the water side of Brooklyn.
Clinton Map 132.
Identifier:
8657
Barcode:
B2826584