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    Fort on Dorc̀ƒester Point. Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 3. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 929 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
    • Date: 1776-01-01
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    Roxbury to Concord. Roads & distances, &c. Not drawn to scale. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. "No. 4." Typewritten label on verso: A plan of the environs of Boston. 1775. Ascribed on label: Probably by Ensign De Berniere and Captain Brown. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 893 Available also...
    • Contributor: De Berniere, Henry - Browne, William
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Fort on the first hill in Dorc̀ƒester. Fort on the second hill ... Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces. Includes a profile of each fort. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 5. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 928 Available also through the Library...
    • Date: 1776-01-01
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    A Plan oe [i.e. of] the British lines on Boston Neck in Augus... Scale ca. 1:3,300. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 915 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Boston & 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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    Major Genl. Howe's encampment on Bunkers Hill at Charles T., ... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows position of troops and fortifications. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 904 Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Map of the environs of Roxbury showing roads to Jamaica, Camb... Scale not given. Title from P. L. Phillips' List of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Typewritten label on verso: Map of the environs of Boston showing roads from Roxbury to Dorchester, Milton, Jamaica, Cambridge, and Walter T., Brooklyn and N. York. 1775. Ascribed on label: Probably by Ensign De Berniere and Captain Brown. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: De Berniere, Henry - Browne, William
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    A plan of the bay and harbor of Boston, surveyed agreeably to... 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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    A plan of the harbour and peninsula of Cape Ann in North Amer... 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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    A general and particular plan of the island of Castle William... Scale ca. 1:600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor; copied from original ca. 1927. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by shading. "Amer. & W.I. vol. 127. p. 71." Includes index to points of interest, inset of "General plan of the island of Castle William, shewing its situation with respect to the adjacent island," ca. 1:6,000, and 2 cross section views. Available also...
    • Contributor: MontrĂ©sor, John
    • Date: 1927-01-01
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    Maps showing the location of the Boston & Worcester Rail Road...
    Location of the Boston and Worcester Railroad 1835
    Shows portions of Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex, and Worcester counties. Orientation varies. Pen-and-ink and colored ink. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2009-022
    • Contributor: Philbrick, Edward Southwick
    • Date: 1858-01-01
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    [Plan of the "Neck" and fortifications] Delivd. to H.E. Gl. G... Scale ca. 1:5,650. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 148. Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps: Works for defense of Boston. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,...
    • Contributor: MontrĂ©sor, John
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts... Scale ca. 1:4,860. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Dedication is in different ink from drafting of map. Includes index to major fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 907 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: MontrĂ©sor, John
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Plan of Boston & vicinity. Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from verso, legible only with back lighting. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Boston and environs, showing entrenchments. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by shading and hachures. "No. 25." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 919 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Fort on Fort Hill in Boston. Scale 1:1,584; 132 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 4. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 925 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1776-01-01
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    [Rough draft of Charlestown, in water colour. 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...
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Sketch of the action between the British forces and American ... Scale ca. 1:13,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Shows troop movements. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 901 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Explanation," an index to troops and points of military interest. Vault AACR2: 650
    • Contributor: Humfrey, John
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    [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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    Plan d'une partie de la rade de Boston pour faire connaitre l... 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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    Plans showing deed and old location lines of the Western Rail...
    Deed and location lines of the Western Railroad in Worcester County, Mass
    "Compiled from locations filed in 1837-8 at the office of the county clerk, Worcester, Mass. from original deeds and plans on file at the Boston & Albany Railroad Engineer's Office. Green Lines compiled from grade crossing and other plans. Note: in 1867 the Western R.R. Corp. and the Boston & Worcester R.R. Corp. were consolidated to form the Boston & Albany R.R. Co." Pen-and-ink...
    • Contributor: Boston and Albany Railroad Co
    • Date: 1904-01-01
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    A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the cir... Scale ca. 1:26,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. "N.B. The rebels entrenchments are express'd as they appear from Beacon Hill which are color'd yellow." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 906 Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: MontrĂ©sor, John
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    [Castle William & vicinity. Scale ca. 1:3,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR: 440
    • Contributor: Roller, A.
    • Date: 1736-01-01
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    [Bunker Hill--rough sketch. Scale not given. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows landing places, positions of British units, and "Rebels line of march." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 899 Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Plan of the action which happen'd 17th. June 1775, at Charles... Scale ca. 1:8,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 908 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inscribed on verso: Plan of the action, Charles Town, 17th June 1775. Eng. Page. Vault AACR2: 100; 650
    • Contributor: Page, Thomas Hyde
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Map and profile of part of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts... Relief shown by shading and hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Drawn in 2 sections. Orientation of sections differs. Includes 2 vertical profiles. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Date: 1850-01-01
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    A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of H... Scale ca. 1:9,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "N.B. Since the evacuation of Boston ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 933 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated: Engraved & printed for Wm. Faden, Charing Cross. Includes "References to the fortifications &ca." and "References to the town." Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 650/2;...
    • Contributor: Page, Thomas Hyde
    • Date: 1777-01-01
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    Plan of the heights of Charles Town, &c. Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: work made in place of the rebels' redoubt. On verso: Heights of Charles Town. Lt. R. W. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 922 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2; 651/3
    • Contributor: Williams, Richard
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Buzzards 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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    A plan of the action at Bunkers-Hill, on the 17th. of June, 1... Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. An engraved map, with change of title, appears in Stedman's History of the origin, process, and termination of the American War. London, 1794. A copy of this issue is included in William Faden's Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution. [New York, 1845] Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "N.B. The ground plan is from an...
    • Contributor: Page, Thomas Hyde - MontrĂ©sor, John
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines... Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References." Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 650/2; 650/3; 651/4
    • Contributor: [Page, Thomas Hyde
    • Date: 1776-01-01
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    Plan of Charles Town, with the intrenchments, and encampment ... Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. The writing is similar to that of Lieut. Page on his "Plan of the action which happen'd 17th. June 1775." (Faden 15) and also very like the "Rough draft of Charlestown" (Faden 27) LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 914 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    From Mr. Bothfeld's survey of 1875 for U.S. Eng'rs (details o... Ms. nautical chart showing contemporary shoreline and shorelines before dredging. Depths shown by contours and soundings. At lower left in lead pencil: Mr. Bothfeld's plotting of position of "Constellation." "This tracing is from a [progress?] sketch entitled 'Boston Harbor Improvements' lent to me by Mr. Bothfeld ... 1878 ... [signed] N. Mitchell." Oriented with north toward the upper left. Black, red, and brown inks,...
    • Contributor: Mitchell, N. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Bothfeld
    • Date: 1878-01-01
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    [Plan of the Neck and environs. Scale ca. 1:12,000. Title in brackets on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications at the Boston Neck and ranges to different points from a battery on Foster's Hill on Dorchester Neck and from fortifications outside the Neck which do not agree. Annotated in pencil: No. 60. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 916...
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    [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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    A Temporary project for a star redout [sic] to contain 150 men. Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 53." On verso, partly illegible and in a different hand: Boston ... part of the ... project for the war ... Drawing of a fortification on the road to Roxbury near Boston Neck, with list of proposed guns. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America,...
    • Date: 1778-01-01
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    Plan of the rebels works on Prospect-Hill. Plan of the rebels... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 917 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Sketch of the ground about Charles Town. Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. "NB: Medford road 45 paces broad; Cambridge road 30 p." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 921 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1775-01-01
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    Fort on Charlestown Point. Scale 1:3,168; 264 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 1. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 926 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
    • Date: 1776-01-01
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    [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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    [Rough draught of Boston and harbour. Scale ca. 1:18,500. 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 watermark. Shows location of troops and fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 931 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2; 650/3; 651/4
    • Date: 1776-01-01