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English: 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; 651/3; 651/4
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A 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 of other gentlemen.
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G3764.B6S3 1777 .P3
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000621/
Author Page, Thomas Hyde
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United States · Boston · Massachusetts
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Catalog · Geography And Map Division · American Revolution And Its Era: Maps And Charts Of North America And The West Indies, 1750-1789
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Maps, Manuscript · Buildings, Structures, Etc · Siege · Boston · Early Works To 1800 · United States · Fortification · Boston (Mass.) · Massachusetts · History

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