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Title
A plan of the battle, on Bunkers Hill: fought on the 17th of June 1775
Names
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) (Printer)
Collection

Maps of North America

Countries

United States (except New York)

States

Massachusetts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1775 (Inferred)
Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 16-5249
Topics
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Boston (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776
Massachusetts -- Boston
Bunker Hill, Battle of (Boston, Massachusetts : 1775)
Siege of Boston (Massachusetts : 1775-1776)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: by an officer on the spot.
Statement of responsibility: "Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 in Fleet Street, 27 Novr. 1775."
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (Nebenzahl, no. 28; WLCL 2:245).
Date: Date issued inferred from printing date (1775)
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 plan : color ; 35 x 35 cm, on sheet 60 x 48 cm
Description
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Printed text in 3 columns below, "The following description of the action near Boston, on the 17th of June, is taken from a letter written by General Burgoyne to his nephew Lord Stanley."
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 610567232
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20645076
Other local Identifier: US097.2.04
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7a597210-9001-0134-a539-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1775: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of the battle, on Bunkers Hill" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1775. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c654c40-9001-0134-a055-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of the battle, on Bunkers Hill" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c654c40-9001-0134-a055-00505686a51c

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1775). A plan of the battle, on Bunkers Hill Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c654c40-9001-0134-a055-00505686a51c

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A plan of the battle, on Bunkers Hill