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 rebel forces

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A plan of the action at Bunkers-Hill, on the 17th. of June, 1775
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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 rebel forces
Creator:
Page, Thomas Hyde, Sir, 1746-1821
Contributor:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Name on Item:
by Lieut. Page, of the Engineers, who acted as aide de camp to General Howe in that action.
Date:
[1775]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects:
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Suffolk (county) > Boston > Bunker Hill
Extent:
col. map 50 x 43 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. 1:4,800
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000613
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
An engraved map, with change of title, appears in Stedman's History of the origin, process, and termination of the American War. London, 1794.
A copy of this issue is included in William Faden's Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution. [New York, 1845]
Has watermark.
Relief shown by hachures.
"N.B. The ground plan is from an actual survey of Captn. Montresor."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
LCCN:
gm 71000613