| Associated name | Williams, Richard, active 1750-1776 |
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| Date | [1775] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:14,400 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Boston (Mass.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Boston
- Bunker Hill
- North and Central America
- Suffolk (county)
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 46 x 66 cm |
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| Terms and License | - No known copyright restrictions.
- This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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| Notes | - Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
- Shows title in simple surround at upper right with lettered key (A-P) beneath and an explanation to the colours used (green for works by His Majesty's Troops and yellow for those of the "enemy").
- Shows roads.
- Shows scale bar at lower right of 880 yards.
- Compare the very similar printed and published map (although with slightly different key and title), "A PLAN OF BOSTON, and its ENVIRONS. shewing the true SITUATION of HIS MAJESTY'S ARMY. AND ALSO THOSE OF THE REBELS. Drawn by an Engineer at Boston Octr. 1775". The printed map makes reference to haveing been drawn by Lieutenant Richard Williams at Boston. See Maps K.Top.120.35. and Maps CC.2.d.4. for examples of the printed map.
- Copy at Add Ms 15,535.5. Small red stamp of British Museum to verso. Annotation to verso in ink, "this Map was purchased separately of Rodd 13 Dec 1845".
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