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Maps Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette : ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781


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Title
Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette : ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781
Other Title
Plan d'une partie de la Virginie
Contributor Names
Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Created / Published
[1781]
Subject Headings
-  Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
-  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps--Early works To 1800
-  Yorktown Region (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
-  United States--Virginia
-  United States--Virginia--Yorktown Region (Va.)
Notes
-  Covers central Virginia from Orange County in the north to Isle of Wight County in the south, and west to Cumberland County.
-  Shows selected bridges, houses, churches, taverns, and other points of interest, and includes notes describing dates of military actions in the Yorktown campaign.
-  Place-names in English, notes in French.
-  Pen-and-ink, watercolors, wash, and lead pencil.
-  Sectioned to 15 panels and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 29 x 22 cm.
-  Accompanied by text: Précis de la campagne 1781, pour servir à l'intellige'ce & la carte. [6] p. : ms. ; 29 cm.
-  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.: 2000-53
Medium
1 map : ms., col., cloth backing ; 87 x 111 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3881.S3 1781 .C3
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881s.ar300600
Library of Congress Control Number
00558784
Online Format
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/00558784
Library of Congress Online Catalog
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=STNO&searchArg=00558784&searchType=1&recCount=10
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Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781. [1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00558784/. (Accessed October 01, 2016.)

APA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, M. & Lafayette, M. J. P. Y. R. G. D. M. (1781) Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00558784/.

MLA citation style:

Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel, and Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette. Campagne en Virginie du Major Général M'is de LaFayette: ou se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant Général Lord Cornwallis en 1781. [1781] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/00558784/>.