Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson's River near Stillwater on Septr. 17th, with the positions of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Septr. 1777

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Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson's River near Stillwater on Septr. 17th, with the positions of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Septr. 1777
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Title:
Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson's River near Stillwater on Septr. 17th, with the positions of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Septr. 1777
Creator:
Wilkinson, William Cumberland
Contributor:
Faden, William, 1749-1836
Name on Item:
drawn by W.C. Wilkinson ; engraved by Wm. Faden.
Date:
1780
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777--Maps--Early works to 1800
Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Maps--Early works to 1800
Stillwater (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Saratoga (county) > Stillwater
Saratoga (county) > Saratoga Springs
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 36 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 : W. Faden
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:14,400]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Oriented with north to the bottom.
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows troop positions. Overlay (11 x 15 cm.) tipped on in upper right corner shows positions on September 19th.
Identifier:
06_01_008229