The British works at Yorktown and Gloucester

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Item Information

Title:
The British works at Yorktown and Gloucester
Creator:
Sutherland, Alexr. (Alexander)
Name on Item:
by Alexander Sutherland
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:
Virginia > York (county) > Yorktown
Extent:
1 ms. map : outline col. ; 32.5 x 41 cm
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:24,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Unfinished, topographical, pen and ink map showing the two British posts and immediate area, with indications of siege approaches.
On verso in hand of Sir Henry Clinton: The only plan of York I could obtain from Southerland L.C. chief engineer and the person he said that had made an exact survey and examination of it.
Clinton Maps 272.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
1827
Barcode:
B1938564