MARCH of the ARMY under Lieut:t General EARL CORNWALLIS in VIRGINIA, from the JUNCTION at Petersburg on the 20.th of May, til their arrival at Portsmouth on the 12.th of July 1781

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MARCH of the ARMY under Lieut:t General EARL CORNWALLIS in VIRGINIA, from the JUNCTION at Petersburg on the 20.th of May, til their arrival at Portsmouth on the 12.th of July 1781
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Title:
MARCH of the ARMY under Lieut:t General EARL CORNWALLIS in VIRGINIA, from the JUNCTION at Petersburg on the 20.th of May, til their arrival at Portsmouth on the 12.th of July 1781
Associated name:
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Former owner:
Frazer, Sir Augustus Simon, 1776-1835
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date:
[1781]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Military art and science--Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Virginia
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 39 x 56 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:650,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999748
Notes:
Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
Scale from degrees of latitude given at left of map.
Shows title at upper left.
Shows position and movement of the troops in red ink.
Refers to "M. General Phillips" and "Lt. Col. Simcoe", in addition to Cornwallis.
Shows court houses.
Copy at Add Ms 27,715.11. Manuscript "11" added in pencil at upper right and lower right. Manuscript annotation in black ink at upper right, "Presented by Colonel Sir Augustus Frazer K.C.B. R.A.". Shows "29" in pencil at lower centre. Laid on archival tissue. Verso shows additional title in ink, "March in Virginia 1781". Green circular label to verso showing "3". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 29 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso showing "A 29/35", and annotation repeated in pencil. Yellow circular label showing "VI 325". Additional label showing "325".
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.