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Investment and Attack of York, in Virginia

Description: The last day of the American Revolution when Cornwallis' surrender was forced by combined American and French forces. "Cooper sculp." MS note mat: 70/4. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Watermark: 1806. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 150098.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1783
Call number: 150098
Dimensions: 21 x 23 cm
Associated people: Cooper.
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