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Survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John. Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major General Sr. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honble. Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, (now Lord Amherst) by William Brassier, Draughtsman, 1762

Description: Kashnor notes, "A rare map, issued specially for British Troops serving in the Revolutionary War." Sub map of Lake George Surveyed in 1756 by Capt. Jackson. Shows naval action at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776. Sub map of Lake George, Surveyed in 1756. by Capt. Jackson.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, British. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis V I. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: 18 MS note: 112.
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Date: 5th Augst. 1776
Call number: 093:112 M
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Survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John. Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major General Sr. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the most Honble. Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, (now Lord Amherst) by William Brassier, Draughtsman. 1762

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Kashnor notes, "Locates the country from Fort William Henry to the Chambley River. The inset shows the spot where Sir William Johnson defeated Dieskau in 1755." Submap: Particular Plan of Lake George, Surveyed in 1756 by Capt. Jackson.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS notes: A Survey of Lake Champlain &c. &c. &c. 30? (upper right) 484A.

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Plan of the Action at Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775, Between His Majesty's Troops, Under the Command of Major General Howe, and the Rebel Forces, by Lieut. Page of the Engineers, who acted as Aide de Camap to General Howe in that Action. NB. The ground plan is from an Actual Survey by Capt. Montresor

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Kashnor notes, "Of this map, no other complete copy can be traced. It was re-engraved for Stedman's History, but without the slip. The slip No. 1 is laid over that part of Bunker's Hill, which was in the hands of the colonists, and shows the first position of the English troops. The Colonial forces shown in yellow, the English in red. On lifting the slip there is shown the second position of the English forces, with the hill almost surrounded. In the Charles River the two warships Lively and Falcon are bombarding the hill, and off Charlestown Neck the armed transport is firing on the Colonial communications. A scale of reference is given, which relates to both the slip and the map. It is probable that this plan was never published, and only engraved for official use. There is no engraver or publisher, but a copy, evidently wanting the slip No. 1, is in the Library of Congress, where it is in the Faden Collection." Kashnor notes publication by [W. Faden, 1775]. Kashnor is incorrect on several points. Both Stedman's History and the later published Faden's Maps of the American War contain copies of this map, both with the flap or slip in place, or at least in the Huntington Library copies. Those copies do differ from this one. Each includes the words "To front Page 127, Vol. 1" above the neatline upper right corner. They are also marked below the title "Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War, Published by the Author, April 12, 1793." Slip or flap showing two positions of the English forces during the battle.. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Watermark: Crowned fleur-di-lis WF. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: M S note: 846.

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