Rare Books

Plan of the Position which the Army under Lt. Genl. Burgoine took at Saratoga on the 10th of September 1777, and in which it remained till the Convention was signed

Description: Complete with sales folder from the Anderson Galleries. Accompanying note reads, "A rare contemporary map, showing the road from Albany, and where the Army crossed the Hudson River in its retreat from Fort Edwards to Stillwater." Samson sale, Jan. 3, 1918. MS note: X map 3. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 150231.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 12 April 1793
Call number: 150231
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