A draught of the towns of Boston & Charles Town & the circumjacent country, shewing the works thrown up by the kings troops, & those by the rebels during ye campaign 1775

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Item Information

Title:
A draught of the towns of Boston & Charles Town & the circumjacent country, shewing the works thrown up by the kings troops, & those by the rebels during ye campaign 1775
Creator:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Name on Item:
by John Montresor, commandg engr. at Boston
Date:
[1775]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Boston (Mass.)--Maps
Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Maps
Boston Harbor (Mass.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 43 x 44.5 cm.
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:27,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Pen and ink, watercolor map of Boston harbor showing the fortifications erected by the British and the rebel besiegers.
Title and author's signature in script.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
608
Barcode:
B2972245