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Map Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie : ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, Clinton et Grant le 28 May 1778 Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie le 28 May 1778

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Title

  • Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie : ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, Clinton et Grant le 28 May 1778

Other Title

  • Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie le 28 May 1778

Names

  • Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804.
  • Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.

Created / Published

  • [1778]

Headings

  • -  Barren Hill Region (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Barren Hill Region (Pa.)--Defenses--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Barren Hill Region (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Maps.--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Barren Hill Region
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Chestnut Hill--Philadelphia
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Germantown--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Topographic maps
  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Covers Barren Hill and vicinity (Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa.) with Chestnut Hill and Germantown.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Place-names in English.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, watercolors, wash, and lead pencil.
  • -  Sectioned to 8 panels and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 20 x 14 cm.
  • -  Includes descriptive index of American, English, and Hessian military positions.
  • -  Gift; Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest; Jan. 2000.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 2000-49

Medium

  • 1 map : ms., col., cloth backing ; 35 x 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3824.B26S3 1778 .C3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00557030

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie: ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, Clinton et Grant le 28 May. [1778] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/00557030/.

APA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, M. & Lafayette, M. J. P. Y. R. G. D. M. (1778) Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie: ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, Clinton et Grant le 28 May. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00557030/.

MLA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Plan de la retraite de Barren Hill en Pensilvanie: ou un détachement de deux mille deux cent hommes sous le G'al LaFayette étois entouré par l'Armée angloise sous les G'als Howe, Clinton et Grant le 28 May. [1778] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00557030/>.