Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775
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Item Information
- Title:
- Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775
- Creator:
- Norman, John, 1748?-1817
- Name on Item:
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J. Norman sc.
- Date:
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[1781]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
- Subjects:
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Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maps
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Charlestown (Mass.) Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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MassachusettsSuffolk (county)BostonBunker Hill
MassachusettsSuffolk (county)BostonCharlestown
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 29 x 14 cm, on sheet 31 x 22 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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Boston :
s.n.
- Scale:
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Scale ca. 1:15,840.
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Appears in James Murray's Boston edition of An Impartial History of the War in America (Boston: For Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781-84).
Derived directly from a map in the English edition of Murray's An Impartial History of the War in America.
Charlestown shown in flames.
Table of references identifies fires, wards, and places of interest.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Identifier:
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06_01_007827
- Call #:
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G3764.B6S3 1781 .N67x
- Barcode:
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39999065649459
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