| Creator | Crosby, E. |
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| Contributor | Downae, James |
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| Date | 1781 |
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| Scale | Not drawn to scale |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | Library of Congress Geography and Map Division |
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| Collection (local) | Library of Congress Collection |
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| Subjects | - Moore House (Yorktown, Va.)
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Powder flasks--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Moore House
- North and Central America
- United States
- York (county)
- Yorktown
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| Extent | 1 map on powder horn : ms., bovine horn, wood ; 35 cm. long, 9 cm. diam. |
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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 | - Shows Yorktown Virginia and the York River on conical powder horn.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Manuscript: Engraved bovine horn, shellacked.
- Has wooden pouring spout inserted at narrow end and wooden hinged cap inserted at wide end.
- Inscriptions: James Downae his horn, made by E. Crosby - 1781, A: Bowery, A: Lion, The: Elem Tree, and Mare Maid at: Sea.
- Includes pictorial represenations of the Moore House and gardens where Cornwallis's surrender took place, several vessels, a conventional flowering vine, and a school of fish.
- Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom.
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