A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country : shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: 1775

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A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country
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Title:
A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country : shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: 1775
Creator:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
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 43 x 44 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. 1:26,500
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000916
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Watermark: J. Whatman.
Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings.
"N.B. The rebels entrenchments are express'd as they appear from Beacon Hill which are color'd yellow."
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
LCCN:
gm 71000916