A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan : near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of His Majesty's ships on the 28th day of June 1776, with the disposition of the King's land forces and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels, from the drawings made on the spot

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A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan
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Title:
A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan : near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of His Majesty's ships on the 28th day of June 1776, with the disposition of the King's land forces and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels, from the drawings made on the spot
Creator:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Contributor:
James, Thomas
Date:
[1776]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Fort Moultrie, Battle of, S.C., 1776--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Moultrie (S.C.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Charleston (county) > Fort Moultrie
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 29 x 38 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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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:25,500
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000631
Notes:
Title from engraved map published by Faden in 1776.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Includes inset "Plan of the platform in Sullivan's Fort." Annotated by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of the Rl. Rt. of Artillery, to delete one "l" from "Sullivan's Fort."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789 1544
Identifier:
ar154400