A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country : shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: 1775
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- Title:
- A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country : shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: 1775
- Creator:
- Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
- Date:
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[1775]
- 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 Geography and Map Division
- Subjects:
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Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fortification--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Suffolk (county)Boston
- Extent:
- col. map 43 x 44 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. 1:26,500
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000916
- Notes:
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Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Watermark: J. Whatman.
Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings.
"N.B. The rebels entrenchments are express'd as they appear from Beacon Hill which are color'd yellow."
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- LCCN:
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gm 71000916