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Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775

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Title
Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Massachusetts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1780 (Inferred)
Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Publisher: Printed for T. Robson
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5243
Topics
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Boston (Mass.)
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.)
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Genres
Maps
Notes
Source note: From: Murray, James. An impartial history of the present war in America ..., 1780, vol. 1.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map ; 29 x 14 cm, on sheet 34 x 17 cm
Description
Charlestown shown in flames. Relief shown by hachures. Includes table of references that identifies important streets and buildings and gives dates of fires that damaged the town.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 960721055
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645070
Other local Identifier: US097.1.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 153b4580-7c56-0134-c7f9-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1780: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/229270f0-7c56-0134-df88-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/229270f0-7c56-0134-df88-00505686a51c

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/229270f0-7c56-0134-df88-00505686a51c

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Plan of the town of Boston with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown the 17th of June 1775