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
Item Information
- 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.):
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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:
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John Montresor, commandg. engrs.
- 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 31 x 46 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. 1:4,860
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71002454
- Notes:
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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:
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gm 71002454