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MapThe North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Composite atlas of 23 maps published by William Faden and Thomas Jeffreys with manuscript list of maps. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789: 152, 257, 309, 624, 635, 690, 732, 800, 912, 1003, 1047, 1056, 1066, 1145, 1296, 1320, 1356, 1394, 1430, 1608, 1630, 1969 List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress,...
- Contributor: Jefferys, Thomas - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapAtlas of the battles of the American Revolution, together with maps shewing the routes of the British and American Armies, plans of cities, surveys of harbors, &c., LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 609, 910, 1003, 1013, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1200, 1291, 1321, 1327, 1337, 1342, 1346, 1356, 1375, 1465, 1474, 1476, 1516, 1543, 1561, 1564, 1566, 1576, 1630, 2075 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1845-01-01
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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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MapPlan of the city and environs of Quebec : with its siege and blockade by the Americans, from the 8th. of December 1775 to the 13th. of May, 1776 Scale ca. 1:7,320. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes and index to points of interest and points of attack. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThe United States of North America, with the British & Spanish territories according to the treaty of 1784. Scale ca. 1:6,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows numerous boundary changes. Includes text. Includes historical notes and a color key. For a description of the second and third states see Stevens and Tree, "Comparative Cartography," Map Collectors' Circle (1967). LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 733 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1785-01-01
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MapThe United States of North America, with the British & Spanish territories according to the treaty of 1784. Scale ca. 1:6,450,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy imperfect: Trimmed to border. Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 733 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1785-01-01
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MapA topographical map of the Province of New Hampshire, Scale ca. 1:260,000. Hand colored. LC copy annotated in upper left beside title, "No. 57" and in lower right margin "Holland's New Hampshire, 1784. No. 42." Relief shown by hachures. Shows township and patent boundaries. "The respective parts of this plan were survey'd by the several gentlemen concerned with all possible accuracy, and afterwards rectified by Samuel Holland ... " Copy 3 LC copy...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Faden, William
- Date: 1784-01-01
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MapA sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials, on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775. Scale ca. 1:13,800. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for points of military interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 902 Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Jefferys, Thomas - Faden, William
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapA plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majestys forces in 1775: From the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers; and from the ... Scale ca. 1:9,700. Includes "References to the lines &c." and "References to the town." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 934 Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 650/2; 651/3; 651/4; 700/1
- Contributor: Faden, William - Page, Thomas Hyde
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapBoston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against that town in 1775, Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 913 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Faden, William - Page, Thomas Hyde - Montrésor, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England, with all the isles contained therein, among which Rhode Island and Connonicut have been particularly surveyed, shewing the ... Scale ca. 1:50,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and form lines. Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Includes text, "References to the batteries," and "A list of the principal farms in Rhode Island." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1003 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
- Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA topographical chart of the bay of Narraganset in the province of New England, with all the isles contained therein, among which Rhode Island and Connonicut have been particularly surveyed, shewing the ... Scale ca. 1:50,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Inscribed "To the Right Honourable Hugh Earl Percy ... with His Lordship's permission ... by ... Wm. Faden." Includes text, "References to the batteries," and "A list of the principal farms in Rhode Island." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1003 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island. Scale ca. 1:6,000. Relief shown by hachures. Appears in William Faden's Atlas of battles of the American Revolution. [1845] Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1013 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island. Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the left. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1013 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1
- Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles - Faden, William
- 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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MapA map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr., Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. Two copies. Copy 1, on 2 sheets and only boundaries colored. Copy 2, sectioned and mounted on cloth backing and colored in. Both copies show the western boundary of Tryon County and the eastern boundaries of Cumberland and...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr. Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: New York. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1047 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4; 651/5; 700/2
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the Province of New-York reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr., Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other copies: Western boundary of Tryon County and eastern boundaries of Cumberland and Glocester counties not colored. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. Appears in William Faden's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA chorographical map of the Province of New-York in North America, divided into counties, manors, patents and townships; exhibiting likewise all the private grants of land made and located in that Province; Scale ca. 1:322,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Inscribed: To His Excellency Major General William Tryon ... "Advertisement. The tracts of land coloured red, are military grants ... Those with a green edge are manors, and those coloured yellow are townships ... " Appears in Thomas Jefferys' The American atlas. 1776. LC Maps of North...
- Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Faden, William
- Date: 1779-01-01
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Map[Maps of the expedition from Canada of Gen. Burgoyne] Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Maps no. 4 and 5 have hinged overlays showing different positions. From John Burgoyne's A state of the expedition from Canada. 1780. Includes indexed "References." LC has other copies of each sheet separately cataloged LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1183 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2:...
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA map of the country in which the army under Lt. General Burgoyne acted in the campaign of 1777, shewing the marches of the army & the places of the principal actions. Scale ca. 1:640,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Has watermarks. Second copy of sheet 1: complete set of maps at Faden, William [Maps of the expedition from Canada of Gen. Burgoyne] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1183 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2; 700
- Contributor: Medcalfe - Faden, William
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPosition of the detachment under Lieut't Col'l Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington; shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777. Scale ca. 1:6,000; 200 paces to an in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions of battle fought in the town of Hoosick, N.Y. in defense of Bennington, Vt. "Engraved by Wm. Faden, 1780" from manuscript no. 65 in the Library of Congress Faden collection. Includes indexed "References." Second copy of sheet 1: complete set of maps at Faden, William [Maps of...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Durnford, Desmaretz
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA topographical map of Hudsons River, with the channels depth of water, rocks, shoals &c. and the country adjacent, from Sandy-Hook, New York and bay to Fort Edward, also the communication with ... Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to 1 in. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. From the publisher's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1069 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA plan of New York Island, with part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey, with a particular description of the engagement on the woody heights of Long Island, between ... Scale ca. 1:85,000. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Pictorial map. Annotated in lower right corner in pencil: 2d impression. In lower margin: An account of the proceedings of His Majesty's forces at the attack of the rebels works on Long Island, on the 27th of August 1776, taken from Gen. Howe's letter to Lord George Germaine ......
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1776