To his e[xcellency] G. Washington commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America this plan of the investment of York and Goucester [sic] has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated

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Item Information

Title:
To his e[xcellency] G. Washington commander in chief of the armies of the United States of America this plan of the investment of York and Goucester [sic] has been surveyed and laid down, and is most humbly dedicated
Contributor:
Waldschmidt
Creator:
Bauman, Sebastian
Name on Item:
by ... Sebastn. Bauman major of the New York or 2nd Regiment of Art
Date:
1785
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 : col. ; 59.2 x 45 cm.
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
A finished, colored, topographical map, which is evidently a copy of the Sebastian Bauman map of the same title published in Philadelphia in 1782.
Signed below neat line at right: Waldschmidt 1785.
Identifier:
880
Barcode:
B1937174