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Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775
Title
Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775 / J. Norman sc.
Publication
[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1781]
Physical Description
1 map ; 29 x 14 cm, on sheet 31 x 20 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:15,840 (W 71°04ʹ50ʺ--W 71°02ʹ40ʺ/N 42°23ʹ15ʺ--N 42°20ʹ24ʺ).
Local Notes
BEIN BrSides Box 2021 648: Accompanied by: 1) mailing envelope addressed to Alexander O. Veitor from the Old Print Shop; 2) Yale University Library memo dated April 15, 1946 (1 leaf); 3) 1 leaf from "The history of the war in America, number 5" (1782) with autographs "Nathan," "Warner Staffach," "John Corlis," and "Jonas Hanway."
Notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
Appears in James Murray's Boston edition of An Impartial History of the War in America (Boston: For Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781-84).
Derived directly from a map in the English edition of Murray's An Impartial History of the War in America.
Charlestown shown in flames.
Table of references identifies fires, wards, and places of interest.
Variant and related titles
Impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 16, 2021
References
Nebenzahl, Kenneth. A bibliography of printed battle plans, 32
Wheat & Brun. Maps and charts published in America before 1800, 241
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Early works.
History.
Maps.
Maps.
Also listed under
Benjamin Franklin Collection (Yale University. Library)
United States Massachusetts Boston.
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