A plan of the field of battle and disposition of the troops, as they were on the march at the time of the attack on the 9th of July, 1755

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A plan of the field of battle and disposition of the troops, as they were on the march at the time of the attack on the 9th of July, 1755
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Title:
A plan of the field of battle and disposition of the troops, as they were on the march at the time of the attack on the 9th of July, 1755
Creator:
Orme, Robert, -1781
Contributor:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Contributor:
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Date:
[1768]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Tactics--Maps--Early works to 1800
Braddock's Campaign, 1755--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Maps--Early works to 1800
Fort Duquesne (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Allegheny (county) > Pittsburgh
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 32 x 21 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
London : Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:52,000]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Shows the arrangement of troops in Braddock's attack on Fort Duquesne.
Oriented with north towards the bottom.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes references.
In lower right: V.
Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Phillips. List of maps of America, p. 269
Phillips, 1196
Identifier:
06_01_011881
Barcode:
30000013254675