Collection Items
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MapA map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys, with the frontiers of New York and New England; Scale ca. 1:800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows the Canadian-United States border from Lake Ontario along the St. Lawrence River to 45⁰ N. latitude, east to the Connecticut River, and northeast along the "Height of the land." Coverage of areas away from the boundary is focused upon the southern portion of Quebec and the northern portion of New York State,...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph
- Date: 1777-01-01
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Map[The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting the several works erected by the rebels to defend its passage, with the attacks made upon them by His Majesty's land & ... Scale ca. 1:32,400. Title from the author's The course of Delaware River ... 1778. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Shows soundings, disposition of ships, etc. Names "Fort Mifflin" and "Fort Mercer" added in a different hand. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stockadoes in the river." LC...
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapThe course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting the several works erected by the rebels to defend its passage, with the attacks made upon them by His Majesty's land & ... Scale ca. 1:33,200. Hand colored. Shows soundings and disposition of ships, etc. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stackadoes in the river." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1362 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapPlan of part of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia, in which is mark'd the position of His Majs. ships on the 15th. of November 1777. The obstructions to the navigation ... Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1366 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. On verso: Delaware-River from Chester to Philadelphia, by Mr. Hunter, June 1778. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1
- Contributor: Hunter, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army under the command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe, K.B., in 1776 Scale ca. 1:130,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Centered on the Hudson River and New York Bay from Sandy Hook to Haverstraw. Includes index entitled "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1057 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated changing publication date to 1778, showing additional shoals...
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1777
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MapA survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John. Scale ca. 1:400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776. From the publishers' The American military pocket atlas. [1776] Includes indexes to points of interest and descriptive text. Includes text, "Explanation of the engagement, between Valcour Island, and the Western Shore, October the 11th. 1776," and inset "A particular plan of Lake George...
- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Jackson - Brasier, William
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Map[Fort Edward to Crown Point. Scale ca. 1:250,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. In pencil: No. 26. "The original of this plan was found with General de Diskau when he was taken prisoner." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 650/3
- Contributor: Dieskau, Jean Hermant
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPlan of the attack on Fort William Henry and Ticonderoga; showing the road from Fort Edward, Montcalm's camp and wharf of landing, &c. Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to an in. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 852. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2
- Contributor: [Montrésor, James Gabriel]
- Date: 1757-01-01
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MapPlan of the attack on the provincial army on Long Island, August 27th 1776. With the draughts of New York Island, Staten Island, and the adjacent part of the continent. Scale ca. 1:100,000. Manuscript title on verso: Attack Long Island, 1776. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1148 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Bowles, John
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapPlan of the position which the army under Lt. Genl. Burgoyne took at Saratoga, on the 10th of September 1777, and in which it remained till the convention was signed. Scale ca. 1:108,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1178 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapPosition of the army on the 8th Octbr. 1777. Scale ca. 1:7,200. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows British and German troop positions. Includes key to the military units. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1179 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapSkecth [sic] of the road from Kings Bridge to White Plains. Scale ca. 1:32,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads in Westchester and Bronx counties, New York and Hessian military units in Westchester County, some in more than one location. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1170 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapS[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts built round it; which I took on the mountain to the west of Crown Point abt. a miles ... Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Johnson, William - Rogers, Robert
- Date: 1755-01-01
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MapPlan of the fort and fortress at Crown Point with their environs. With the disposition of the English Army under the command of Genl. Amherst encamp'd there 1759. Scale 1:7,200; 200 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References." Vault AACR2
- Date: 1759-01-01
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MapSketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, stormed the 6th Octob. 1777 by the troops under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., Lt. General of H. Maj. forces and commander in chief ... Scale ca. 1:11,700. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of troop movements and military units. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1193 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapSketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, Scale ca. 1:11,700. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Pictorial map. Shows area from Stony Point where British troops landed to above Fort Montgomery, routes of troop movements and military units. Sheet 72 annotated in pencil: Attack upon Forts Clinton and Montgomery. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1194 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100
- Contributor: Wangenheim, Friedrich Adam Julius Von
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapPlan of the attack of Fort Clinton and Montgomery which where [sic] stormed by His Majesty's forces under the command of Sr. Henry Clinton, KB, the 6th of October 1777. Scale ca. 1:21,120. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1195 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Searched 3-26-96 ga16
- Contributor: Hills, John
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapPlan of the attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery, upon Hudsons River, which were stormed by His Majesty's forces under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., on the 6th of ... Scale ca. 1:21,250. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1196 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 700
- Contributor: Hills, John - Faden, William
- Date: 1784-01-01
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MapPlan of Fort William Henry and camp at Lake George. Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Includes descriptive index to military positions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1121 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
- Contributor: Eyre, William - Heath, Joseph
- Date: 1755-01-01
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Map[Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of Fort Knipehausen, i.e. Fort Washington to Fort Independence. Scale ca. 1:10,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows military unit members. "No. 31." Stamped on label on verso: Montresor. Includes table "Cantoonments between Fort Knypehausen and McGowans Pass." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1167 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapMap of the progress of His Majesty's armies in New York, during the late campaign, illustrating the accounts. Scale ca. 1:316,800. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. From the Gentleman's magazine, v. 46, suppl. for 1776. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 730/2
- Date: 1776-01-01
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Map[Manuscript map of British and American troop positions in the New York City region at the time of the Battle of Long Island (Aug.-Sept. 1776)]. Covers present-day New York City vicinity including Staten Island, Palisades area (N.J.), New Rochelle (N.Y.), and Jamaica Bay. Shows troop positions, fortifications, ship anchorage areas, roads, built-up areas, villages, and agricultural field areas. Relief shown by shading, hachures, and landform drawings. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title devised by cataloger. Map appears to be a composite copied from the DesBarres sheets of the...
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapAn accurate plan of the country between New York and Philadelphia : with the dispositions of the forces.
Bataille sur la route de New-York à Philadelphie en 1777 : Shows positions of British (red) and American (blue) forces along the major highways between New York City and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. At foot of title: Extracted from the Gazette of Tuesday, Feb'y 25th 1777. "Published as the Act directs March 3d 1777 by S. Pyle, Angel Court, Snow Hill--price 6d." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes distance table. Available also through...- Contributor: Pyle, Stephen
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA Plan of Fort Ontario built at Oswego in 1759. Scale ca. 1:2,450. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. Copied from the original map in British archives: Brit. Mus. ms. class. no.; [Amer. & W. I., vol. 92, p. 173 of transcript. Shows the positions of Fort Rascal and of the old fort of Oswego, both of which had been demolished before 1759. Includes text, "Explanations," and "Profile & section thro'...
- Date: 1900-01-01
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MapPlan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Americaines in the night from the 5th to the 6th of July 1777
Plan of Carillon or Ticonderoga | Position de l'armée ennemie proche le Lac Champlain le 24. 8.[bre?] 1777 Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777). Relief shown by hachures. Parts of index in mixed English and French. Pen-and-ink, watercolors, and wash. Sectioned (to 16 panels) and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 21 x 14 cm. Includes note, index of "Position of the...- Contributor: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier - Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel
- Date: 1777-01-01