Collection Items
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MapThe Seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer, with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill. Scale ca. 1:450,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Boston. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Plan of Boston Harbour, from an actual survey" and "Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 813 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapTo the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant, B. Romans. Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the ministerial army. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 880 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Romans, Bernard - Hancock, John
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapA new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets [i.e. Massachusetts] Bay, in North America, from a late survey.
New and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets Bay | New and accurate map of the colony of Massachusetts Bay Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont. Relief shown pictorially. From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, vol. 66, Dec. 1780, opposite p. 281. Prime meridian: Ferro. Phillips. Maps of America. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 881 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Hinton, John
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA new plan of Boston Harbour from an actual survey. Scale ca. 1:110,000. "N.B. Charlestown burnt June 17th, 1775 by the regulars." Index for points of interest. Cited in David McNeely Stauffer's American engravers upon copper and steel as appearing in the Pennsylvania magazine, June, 1775. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 948 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Lownes, Caleb
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapCarte particulière du havre de Boston avec les sondes les bancs de Sable, les rochers les Amaies et les autres directions utiles à la navigation Scale ca. 1:33,000. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 336." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 958 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 700/1; 700/2; 700/3; 710/4
- Contributor: Petit - Sartine, Antoine De - Chabert, Joseph Bernard - France. DĂ©pĂ´t Des Cartes Et Plans De La Marine - Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1780
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MapA new and accurate chart of the harbour of Boston in New England in North America Also shows islands, rocks, channels, shoals, and towns and roads along coast. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In upper right margin: Political Mag., Nov. 1782. Phillips. Maps of America. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 959 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing.
- Contributor: Lodge, John - Bew, John
- Date: 1782-01-01
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Map[Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in fathoms. Watermark: [Fleur-de-lis with] GR [below and] J. Whatman. Includes view of "Boston lt. house ... " On verso: No. 1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 942 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1770-01-01
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Map[Boston Harbour, with the surroundings, &c. Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 943 AACR2: 100; 650/1;...
- Contributor: Hills, John
- Date: 1770-01-01
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MapBoston & harbour. Scale ca. 1:96,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title in pencil. Has watermark. Shows soundings of main channel and shoals. Outer islands are named. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 944 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapA chart of the harbour of Boston Scale ca. 1:24,500. Title from accompanying title page. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. Includes index entitled "References" to Boston. "Nautical remarks and directions" and "Marks for the rocks and shoals in sailing into the harbour" on title page. Accompanied by title page. 1 l. LC Maps of North America,...
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1775
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MapA Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. Scale ca. 1:28,000. LC copy annotated with "No. 2" to the left of the title; concentric circles, drawn in ink, centered on compass roses; and, a stamp "Engr. Dept. U. States Topl. Bureau." Annotated on verso: Boston. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From The North-American pilot for Newfoundland, Labradore, the Gulf and River St. Laurence. 1777. v. 2. LC Maps of...
- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA plan of the bay and harbor of Boston, surveyed agreeably to the orders and instructions of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, to Samuel Holland, Esqr., His ... Scale ca. 1:48,000. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings and color. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 650/1; 650/2; 651/3; 651/4; 650/5; 700/2
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Grant, James - Wheeler, Thomas
- Date: 1775-01-01
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Map[A chart of Boston Bay and vicinity Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 951 LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds and edges. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1776
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MapPlan de Boston avec les sondes et les directions pour la navigation. Traduit de l'anglais. Scale ca. 1:28,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Based on A Chart of the harbour of Boston, with the soundings, sailing-marks, and other directions. [1777] From the author's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778-79. v. 1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 956 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Le Rouge, Georges-Louis
- Date: 1778-01-01
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Map[Puerto del Boston. Scale ca. 1:34,000. Title on attached label on verso: The city and harbour of Boston. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Shows settlements and fortifications. No. "43" in lower left margin. Includes index, sailing directions, and view of entrance to the bay. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 957 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 961 Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Campo, Josef Del
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre le dispositif de ses deffenses. Scale ca. 1:42,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "Legende" includes positions of vessels of French fleet, by name and commander. Accompanied by: Partie extraite d'un Memoire général sur Boston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 938 Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 650/2
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapBuzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket. Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title on verso: Nantucket Shoals and Buzzards's Bay by Lieutt. Knight, 1778. Soundings shown in fathoms. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a shield surmounted by a crown over an undecipherable figure, all of which are over the letters GR and J. Whatman. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 984 Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
- Contributor: Knight, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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Map[Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Scale ca. 1:51,500. Hand colored. Depths shown by soundings. "The soundings and nautical remarks in this chart are laid down from observations &c. of Lieutenant Knight of the Navy." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1776
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Map[Chart of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound Scale ca. 1:51,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds and lower margin. No. "16" in upper left corner. "Note. The soundings and nautical remarks in this chart are laid down from observations &c. of Lieutenant Knight of the Navy." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 981 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1776
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MapA plan of the harbour and peninsula of Cape Ann in North America, Scale ca. 1:53,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 973 Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 651/1; 650/2
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Mowat, Henry - Auvergne, P. D
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA general & particular plan of the island of Castle William near Boston, shewing the works in their original & present state, together with sections thro' the same. Carried on and survey'd ... Scale 1:600; 50 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Imperfect: Hole in center. "No. 11." Includes index to points of interest, inset of "A general plan of the island of Castle William shewing its situation with respect to the adjacent islands," 1:6,000, and two cross section views. LC Maps...
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1771-01-01
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MapA plan of the sea coast from Boston Bay to the light house near Rhode Island, reduced from the large survey. Scale 1:253,440; 4 statute miles to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 962 Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles
- Date: 1775-01-01
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Map[Coast of Massachusetts from Cape Ann to Manomet Point, including northern tip of Cape Cod Scale ca. 1:135,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 968 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and edges. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1776
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Map[Coast of New Hampshire and Massachusetts from Great Boars Head to Marblehead Harbor Scale ca. 1:52,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and upper and lower margins. Publication information trimmed from lower margin. Shows coast of Essex County, Massachusetts and part of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 963 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1781
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Map[Coast of New England from Chatham Harbor to Narragansett Bay Scale ca. 1:130,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 988 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779