Plan of the British attack on Mud Island, Pennsylvania

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of the British attack on Mud Island, Pennsylvania
Title (alt.):
Block house
Creator:
André, John, 1751-1780
Date:
[1777]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778--Maps
Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia (county) > Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 37.5 x 24 cm
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, pen and ink plan of attack on Fort Mifflin, showing naval vessels and batteries with their armament and lines of fire.
Notation in card catalog and Brun Addendum says that map was drawn November 15, 1777.
Inset shows elevation of one of the blockhouses or redoubts that formed part of the Fort Mifflin defenses.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
534
Barcode:
B1939117