Position of the troops under Earl Cornwallis on the 28 and 29th September 1781; when the enemy first appeared


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Item Information

Title:
Position of the troops under Earl Cornwallis on the 28 and 29th September 1781; when the enemy first appeared
Date:
[1781]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Yorktown (Va.)--Maps
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
VirginiaYork (county)Yorktown
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 77.3 x 54.5 cm.
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:6,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map of the area from the western edge of the Yorktown defenses to the confluence of Wormley's Creek and the york River.
Individual units are identified by name and by color.
Clinton Maps 273.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
558
Barcode:
B2625266