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1782
GUSN-38006
Map of seige of Yorktown with legend in cartouche at bottom center.
maps
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cannons (artillery)
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marines (visual works)
armed forces
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Stipple Engraved
Map
Maritime
Military
Revolutionary War
Flag
Cannon
PICTURE, MAP
Printed [top]: ""REPRODUCED BY THE PHOTO-ELECTROTYPE ENGRAVING COMPANY, 63 OLIVER STREET, BOSTON, MASS./ From the Original, in the possession of the/ NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF BOSTON..."" [bottom]: ""THIS PLAN was taken between the 22nd & 23rd of October 1781./ Explanation/..."" [left bottom]: ""Note The hand within the doted(sic) lines has been laid down by Survey."" [right bottom]: ""R. Scot Swip. Philad. 1782""
Photo-Electrotype Engraving Co. (Printer)
Bauman, Sebastian (Surveyor)
Reproduction of Scot, R. (Engraver)
Boston, MA, USA; NY, USA; Philadelphia, PA, USA
35 1/2 x 25 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Walter K. Watkins
1935.873
1782 (Date of original.)
Massachusetts (United States)
New York state (United States)
Pennsylvania (United States)
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