Collection Items
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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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MapPlan, Lake Champlain from Fort St. John's to Ticonderoga, with the soundings, rocks, shoals, and sands, surveyed in the years 1778, 1779. Scale 1:63,360; 1 mile to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the left. Shows ships present at the Battle of Valcour Island, Oct. 11, 1776 and a running fight at Buttonmold Bay, Oct., 13, 1776. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2
- Date: 1779-01-01
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MapThe Attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold by the King's fleet commanded by Sir Guy Carleton upon Lake Champlain in "11th" of "Octr." 1776. Scale ca. 1:70,000. Manuscript, pen and ink. Relief shown by hachures. Date in title changed to "11th" of "Octr." Annotation added to title: From a sketch taken by an officer on the spot. Engraved by Wm. Faden, Charing Cross. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1172 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThe attack and defeat of the American fleet under Benedict Arnold, by the Kings fleet commanded by Captn. Thos. Pringle, upon Lake Champlain, the 11th of October, 1776. Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown by hachures. Includes "An account of the expedition of the British fleet on Lake Champlain, under the command of Captain Thomas Pringle, and of the defeat of the rebel fleet, commanded by Benedict Anrold [sic] on the 11th and 13th of October, 1776. Taken from the letters of Sir Guy Carleton, Captains Douglass and Pringle, dated off Crown Point,...
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1776-01-01