Collection Items
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MapRough sketch of the country from Lake Champlain and the River Sorell extending to the eastward as far as the River St. Francois and the Cohos on the Connecticut, shewing the march ... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of distances. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 175 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3
- Contributor: Tinling, William - Carleton, Thomas
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan du Cap Breton, dit Louisbovrg avec ces environs pries
Plan du Cap Breton, dit Louisbourg avec ces environs pries Relief shown by shading and land forms. Buildings, vegetation, ships and military troop and encampent positions shown pictorially. Shows military troop and ship positions for the Siege of Louibourg in 1758. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor, covered with silk fabric and varnished. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2- Contributor: Bockoune, Lamiralle
- Date: 1758-01-01
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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. 1:6,900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes historic notes and index to important buildings and military defenses. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 611 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapMarche de l'armée française de Providence à la Rivière du Nord. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Accompanied by manuscript text: Itinéraire du march que l'armée dois faire poursuivre de la Providence à la Rivière du Nord. 11 p. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Map[Côte de York-town à Boston: Marches de l'armée. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Key map of the route of march of Comte de Rochambeau's army from Providence, R.I., to Yorktown, Va., and the return march to Boston. The yellow line from Providence to Head of Elk and Annapolis, Md., and down Chesapeake Bay to...
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapPortsmouth, New Hampshire. Scale ca. 1:61,000. Title from verso. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips A list of maps of America: Croquis de la rade de Portsmouth; position de la flotte française. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Shows Portsmouth harbor, including fortifications on shore and position of the French ships "Pluton," "Auguste," and "Bourgogne." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 876 Available...
- Date: 1782-01-01
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MapMajor Genl. Howe's encampment on Bunkers Hill at Charles T., June 1775. 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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MapA draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: ... 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: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapPlan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms, Boston, 3th. [sic] Decr. 1775. To His ... 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: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapPlan of Charles Town, with the intrenchments, and encampment of His Majesty's troops, after the action of the 17th. June 1775. 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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MapPlan 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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MapA plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteries, and incampments of the British and American armies. 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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Map[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
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MapA plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from those ... 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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MapPlan de Rhodes-Island, et position de l'armĂ©e françoise a Newport. Scale ca. 1:26,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels. Oriented with north to the right. Includes index to defenses. Note on manuscript label originally mounted on verso: A joindrĂª Ă lettre de M. de Rochambeau au Prince de Montbarey datĂ©e 19 juillet 1780. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,...
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan de la ville, port, et rade de Newport, avec une partie de Rhode-Island occupée par l'armée française aux ordres de Mr. Le comte de Rochambeau, et de l'escadre française commandée. Scale ca. 1:26,200. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by form lines and shading. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and positions of French naval vessels. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes index to defenses. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1018 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1
- Date: 1780-01-01
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Map[Plan de la ville, du port, et de la rade de New-port et Rhode Island. Debarquement en 1780. Scale ca. 1:26,000. Title from manuscript label on verso as originally mounted. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, fields of fire, and position of French naval vessels. Oriented with north to the right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1019 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlan de la position de l'armée françoise autour de Newport et du mouillage de l'escadre dans la rade de cette ville. Scale ca. 1:7,250. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes index to fortifications, French army camps, and French naval vessels. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1020 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapGov. Tryon's expedition to Danbury, 1777. Scale ca. 1:80,000. Title in pencil. Alternate title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America: Map of the route of Gen. William Tryon's expedition to Danbury. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1025 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Stamped on verso: Montresor. Vault...
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA sketch of New London & Groton with the attacks made on Forts Trumbull & Griswold by the British troops under the command of Brigr. Genl. Arnold, Sept. 6th. 1781. Scale ca. 1:21,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and land form drawings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1027 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2
- Contributor: Lyman, Daniel
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Map[Operations of the British army, from the 25th August to 26th Sept. 1777] Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 699: Map showing the march of the British upon Philadelphia. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. "No. 20." Stamped on verso: Montresor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1060 Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: Montrésor, John
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapProgress of the army from their landing till taking possession of Philadelphia. Scale ca. 1:350,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows camps and battles between Elkton, Md., Valley Forge, and Philadelphia. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1061 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapThis is not given as an accurate map, but only to afford an idea of the progress of the army from the landing at Elk to the taking of possession of Philadelphia. ... Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. In upper left corner: Gen: Grey. On verso: 10. Title 617 1/2 in sales catalog of the valuable library of the Hon. S. W. Pennypacker, April 1906. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1062 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Grey, Charles Grey
- 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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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