Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms : Boston, 3th. [sic] Decr. 1775. To His Excellency Major General Howe, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, &c

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Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms
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Title:
Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms : Boston, 3th. [sic] Decr. 1775. To His Excellency Major General Howe, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, &c
Title (alt.):
Peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified
Charles Town
Creator:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Name on Item:
John Montresor, commandg. engrs.
Date:
[1775]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects:
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:
Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
col. map 31 x 46 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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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:4,860
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71002454
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Relief shown by hachures and shading.
Dedication is in different ink from drafting of map.
Includes index to major fortifications.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
LCCN:
gm 71002454