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Map Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette : ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781 Plan d'une partie de la Virginie

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Title

  • Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette : ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781

Other Title

  • Plan d'une partie de la Virginie

Names

  • Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804.
  • Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Created / Published

  • [1781]

Headings

  • -  Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps--Early works To 1800
  • -  Yorktown Region (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--Virginia--Yorktown Region (Va.)

Notes

  • -  Covers central Virginia from Orange County in the north to Isle of Wight County in the south, and west to Cumberland County.
  • -  Shows selected bridges, houses, churches, taverns, and other points of interest, and includes notes describing dates of military actions in the Yorktown campaign.
  • -  Place-names in English, notes in French.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, watercolors, wash, and lead pencil.
  • -  Sectioned to 15 panels and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 29 x 22 cm.
  • -  Accompanied by text: Précis de la campagne 1781, pour servir à l'intellige'ce & la carte. [6] p. : ms. ; 29 cm.
  • -  Gift; Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest; Jan. 2000.
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 2000-53

Medium

  • 1 map : ms., col., cloth backing ; 87 x 111 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3881.S3 1781 .C3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00558784

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en. [1781] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00558784/.

APA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, M. & Lafayette, M. J. P. Y. R. G. D. M. (1781) Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00558784/.

MLA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en. [1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00558784/>.