Carte des positions occupeés par les trouppes Américaines apres leur retraite de Rhode Island le 30 Aout 1778
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Item Information
- Title:
- Carte des positions occupeés par les trouppes Américaines apres leur retraite de Rhode Island le 30 Aout 1778
- Creator:
- Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804
- Contributor:
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- Name on Item:
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par Mr. Capitaine, a. d. C. du Général la Fayette
- Date:
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[1778]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- Collection (local):
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Library of Congress Collection
- Subjects:
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Rhode Island, Battle of, R.I., 1778--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Narragansett Bay Region (R.I.)--Defenses--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Bristol (county)Narragansett Bay
- Extent:
- 1 map : ms., col. ; 32 x 51 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:140,000]
- Language:
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French
English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/00555648
- Notes:
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Relief shown by hachures.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing.
Includes descriptive index to defenses.
On label affixed to verso of backing: No. 132. Carte des positions occupeés par les trouppes Américaines le 30 Aoust 1778.
Some place names in English.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Identifier:
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ar300400