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A plan of the town and harbour of Boston : and the country adjacent with the road from Boston to Concord ; shewing the place of the late engagement between the King's troops and the provincials, together with several encampments of both armies in & about Boston ; taken from an actual survey humbly inscribed to Richd. Whitworth Esqr. member of Parliament for Stafford / by his most obedient servant J. de Costa
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Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston. and the Country adjacent with the Road from Boston to Concord Shewing the Place of the late Engagement between the King's Troops & the Provincials, together with the several Encampments of both Armies in & about Boston. Taken from and Actual Survey. Humbly Inscribed to Rich. Whitworth Esqr. Member of Parliament for Stafford By his most Obedient Servant J. De Costa
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Kashnor notes, "The earliest battle plan issued in London after the Battle of Bunker Hill, which took place the 17th June, 1775. Up to the present only one copy has been recorded, and it is of the greatest rarity. Below the title are 19 references which locate the Men-of-War in Boston Harbour, General Gage's camp on the Commons, etc. It shows the attack on Concord, and locates the 'Bridge where the attack began,' with groups of soldiers of both forces firing upon each other, and 'Provincials firing behind the walls.' " Provincials are also named as "Minutemen." Many fighting figures. MS notes: Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston 33 (faded). Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Fleur-di-lis over shield and GB. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Figures . Verso Text: MS notes: Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston 33.
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To Isaac Pickering Esqr of Fox Lease Hants this Plan of Tortola From actual Survey by George King is dedicated by His most obedient humble Servant Robt. Wilkinson
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Kashnor notes, "With a list of 104 plantations indicated on plan, with owners names." Pickering held the westernmost point of this island in the British Virgin Islands. Reference table listing owners and parcel numbers. MS note: 843 29. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, chains. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 843.
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Correct Plan of the Environs of Quebec, and of the Battle fought on the 13th. September, 1759: Together with a particular detail of The French Lines and Batteries, And also of the Encampments, Batteries and Attacks of the British Army, And the Investiture of that City under the Command of Vice Admiral Saunders, Major General Wolfe, Brigadier General Monckton, and Brigadier General Townshend. Drawn from the Original Surveys taken by the Engineers of the Army. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty
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Kashnor notes, "with the exceedingly rare slip of the Plains of Abraham, showing the later movements of the armies, a fine impression of the rarest battle plan of the Old French War." Kashnor dates [1759]. Submap: Foldover insert on lower left labeled "Second plate".. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 328.
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To the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Holdernesse, This Map of the County of Cornwall, in the Island of Jamaica laid down from the papers and under the Direction of Henry Moore Esqr, His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that Island in the years 1756..57..58..59..60 & 61 & from a great number of Actual Surveys performed by the Publishers is humbly inscribed by His Lordship's Most Obedient and Most Humble Servants, Thos. Craskell, Engineer, Jas. Simpson, Surveyor
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Cartouche: Elaborate farming scene; Stair steps around scale. . Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: Label with MS note: Parishes of St. James Westmoreland Hanover St. Elizabeth .
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To the Right Honourable George Grenville, Esqr., First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Chancellor and under Treasurer of the Exchequer, &c. &. This Map of the County of Surrey, in the Island of Jamaica laid down from the papers and under the Direction of Henry Moore Esqr, His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of that Island in the years 1756..57..58..59..60 & 61 & from a great number of Actual Surveys performed by the Publishers is humbly inscribed by His Most Obedient and Most Humble Servants, Thos. Craskell, Engineer, Jas. Simpson, Surveyor
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Cartouche: Elaborate harbor scene; Stair steps around scale. . Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: Red ribbon, Label with MS note: Parish of St. George the Blue Portland St. Thomas in the East St. Andrew Port Royal St. David..
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Plan of the Attack on Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carolina, by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, on the 28th of June 1776, with the Dispostion of the King's Land Forces, and the Encampments and Entrenchments of the Rebels he from the Drawings made on the Spot Engraved by Wm. Faden
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Kashnor notes, "Very rare." See also 093-080M for another view of this battle. See 105:079S for duplicate copy. RLIN record may not include subtext from this map. Text of attack extracted from Letters of Sir Peter Parker and Lieut. General Clinton to the Lords of the Admiralty in letterpress below map. Inset map showing: Plan of the Platform in Sulivans Fort, by Lt. Colonel Thos. James of the Rl. Rt. of Artillery. MS note: 81. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Block IV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: Mus. cat.#93 #81.
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