Map [Rough draft of Charlestown, in water colour.

Title

• [Rough draft of Charlestown, in water colour.

Created / Published

• 1775]

Headings

• -  Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• -  United States--Massachusetts--Boston (Bunker Hill)

Notes

• -  Scale ca. 1:4,500.
• -  Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans, 1862.
• -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
• -  Has watermarks.
• -  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
• -  Relief shown by hachures.
• -  Shows position of British and "Rebel" troops during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• -  North is oriented to the bottom.
• -  Called a rough draft of the same cartographer's "Plan of Charles Town... after the action of the 17th. June 1775." (Faden 28). It is however, a detailed delineation of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
• -  Names and writing are similar to Lieut. Page's Plan of action which happen'd 17th. June 1775. (Faden 25)
• -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 920
• -  Vault
• -  AACR2: 650

Medium

• col. map on sheet 45 x 37 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3764.B6S3 1775 .R6

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3764b.ar092000

Library of Congress Control Number

• gm71000614

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000614

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