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Denis, Louis, 1725-1794

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Carte du theatre de la guerre presente en Amerique, 1782

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-065
Description This rare map was issued just months after Cornwallis' defeat in Yorktown, Va. The copy displayed here, complete with inset plan of the battle of Yorktown and an elaborate cartouche, is the second state of the map. An additional inset in the lower right depicts the colonies from Massachusetts to Delaware, and illustrates the geography upon which Washington and Rochambeau's armies marched on the way to Yorktown. This map conveys the importance of France's assistance to the Americans during...
Dates: 1782
Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection

Carte generale des colonies angloises dans l'Amerique Septentrionale pour l'intelligence de la guerre presente : d'apres des manuscrit anglais par J.B. Nolin geographe : corrigé, augmenté des indications des principaux évenemens de la guerre avec le tracee des limites pour constituer le traité de paix proposé entre la Couronne de la Grande Bretagne et les Etats Unis, 1783

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 38
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-136
Description

Shows the boundaries established by the preliminary Treaty of Peace, signed 30 November 1782, and published prior to the signing of the formal Treaty on 3 September 1783. Includes a detailed plan of the Siege of Yorktown.

Dates: 1783
Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection
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