Plan of the battle of Monmouth, 28th of June, 78

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Plan of the battle of Monmouth, 28th of June, 78
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Title:
Plan of the battle of Monmouth, 28th of June, 78
Title (alt.):
Plan of the battle of Monmouth, Twenty-eighth of June, 1778
Cartographer:
Butler, Richard, 1743-1791
Date:
[1778?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
New-York Historical Society
Collection (local):
New-York Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778--Maps
Freehold (N.J.)--History--18th century--Battlefields--Maps
Monmouth County (N.J.)--History--18th century--Battlefields--Maps
Monmouth Battlefield State Park (N.J.)--Maps
Freehold (N.J.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps
Landforms--New Jersey--Freehold--Maps
Places:
Monmouth (county) > Freehold
Extent:
1 map : ms. ; 38 x 49 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:3,000] 100 p[ace]s to an in.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://library.nyu.edu/persistent/lcn/nyu_aleph001480179?institution=NYU&persistent
Notes:
Military map. Covers an area near Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Shows troop positions, commanders' names, points of attack. Also shows relief by hachures and roads, streams, buildings and vegetative cover.
Title from verso text.
Attributed to Butler, based on verso text in another hand: "This is an original Map of Monmouth among the papers of Richard [Butler] [B.]G. lent me by [N.B.] Cra[ig]. W.[B.R.]"--cf. American National Biography article on Butler, which names Craig his editor.
Pen-and-ink on paper.
On recto: "Neville B. Craig"
Identifier:
90119d_PlanBattleMonmouth1778_recto