A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces

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A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces
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Title:
A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces
Creator:
Page, Thomas Hyde, Sir, 1746-1821
Contributor:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Date:
1793
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Harvard Library
Collection (local):
Harvard Map Collection
Subjects:
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston > Bunker Hill
Extent:
1 map ; 49 x 42 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] : Published by the author
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:4,800]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/009447805/catalog
Notes:
Shows lines of fire.
Relief shown by hachures.
Facsimile of a map by Thomas Hyde Page, 1775.
"Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War."
From: Charles Stedman's The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war. London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Murray [etc.], 1794.
Accompanied by an overlay map labeled "No. 1" (on sheet 20 x 29 cm.) which shows the first position of the troops. The map itself is designated "No. 2."
Includes "References to the plans" and note.
In upper right margin: To front page 127 Vol. 1.
Original: [1775]. Plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the rebel forces.