| Date | [1775] |
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| Scale | Scale ca. 1:4,500 |
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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 Geography and Map Division |
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| Subjects | - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--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 | col. map on sheet 45 x 37 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 | - Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans, 1862.
- Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
- Has watermarks.
- Oriented with north toward the upper right.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Shows position of British and "Rebel" troops during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- North is oriented to the bottom.
- Called a rough draft of the same cartographer's "Plan of Charles Town... after the action of the 17th. June 1775." (Faden 28). It is however, a detailed delineation of the Battle of Bunker Hill.
- Names and writing are similar to Lieut. Page's Plan of action which happen'd 17th. June 1775. (Faden 25)
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