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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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
Date:
[1778]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)--History--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Bunker Hill
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Extent:
1 map ; 29 x 14 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Newcastle Upon Tyne : T. Robson
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:19,300.
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially and by hachures.
Appears in the English edition of James Murray's An impartial history of the present war in America (Newcastle upon Tyne: T. Robson, [1778-80]) [4416.7.1].
Charlestown shown in flames.
Table of references identifies important streets and buildings and gives dates of fires that damaged the town.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_003104
Call #:
G3764.B6S3 1778 .P5
Barcode:
39999058998459