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Battle of Brandywine in which the Rebels were defeated, September the 11th 1777
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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S. W. Werner drew the plan of the Hessian forces. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned shield GR WF. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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![Plan of the Entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers wherein is shown the Respective Positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army Commanded by Lord Cornwallis, 2. of the American and French Forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French Fleet under Count de Grasse](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KVOGIE%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Kashnor notes, "Exceedingly rare War Plan of the final action in the War of Independence. It shows Cornwallis cooped up in York by the American Army, and in Gloucester by the combined forces of Colonials and French. The French Fleet of thirty-two vessels under De Grasse has closed the entrance to York River, and the French ships under Barras hold the entrance to James River, dominate Fort George, and guard Barwell's Ferry. Only a few copies of this plan are known. The victory of Washington was a terrible blow to England, and it is doubtful whether the publisher sold enough copies to pay for his trouble in engraving. In any case, few people in England would wish to keep the map to remind them of a great failure." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 152 (on backing).
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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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Kashnor notes, "Ratzer's famous plan with the rare view. It is number 41 in Phelps Stokes Iconography. It is the best map of New York at the period, and Stokes states that 'even today much used in searching titles.' Of all the views of New York issued during the eighteenth century this is the finest, and its execution most excellent. There is little doubt that the original view was drawn by Captain Thomas Davies, of the Artillery." "For His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Bart: Captain General and Governour in Chief, In and Over His Majesty's Province of New York and the Terrtiories depending theron in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same, This Map of the City of New York and its Environs, Surveyed and Laid Down: Is most Humbly Dedicated, by His Excellency's Most Obed. & Humble Servant, B. Ratzer Lieut. in His Majesty's 60th or Royal American Regt." Vignette: A South West View of the City of New York, Taken from the Governour;s Island at *. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles, yards, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 585.
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