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Maps (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen. For similar depictions on a sphere, see "globes (cartographic spheres)."

Found in 248 Collections and/or Records:

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, Parts of Malden and Chelsea. With the military works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 2
Identifier: RP-681, MAP-4835
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection of historic maps date from 1675-1971, and primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia. Includes matching editions of maps personally owned by George Washington.

Note: surveys created by George Washington are found in the George Washington Collection.

Dates: 1777

A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill, on the 17th. of June, 1775 : between His Majesty's troops under the command of Major General Howe, and the rebel forces, approximately 1778

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-029
Description Page, an English military engineer who served as aide de campe to General Howe during the action, prepared this detailed plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is the best known and most commonly reproduced plan of the battle. Warrens redoubt, fences, and hedgerows are shown in great detail, as well as the lines of march of attacking forces, British ships, and the Corps Hill battery with lines of fire. The position of British troops late in the action is depicted on a separate overlay which...
Dates: approximately 1778

A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carolina : by a squadron of His Majesty's ships, on the 28th of June 1776, with the disposition of the King's land forces, and the encampments and entrenchments of the rebels from the drawings made on the spot, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-018
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1776

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-170
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and encampments of His Majesty's forces under the command of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, K.B, 1779

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-077
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1779

A plan of the city of Philadelphia, the capital of Pennsylvania, from an actual survey, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 1 - OUT
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-072
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1776

A plan of the disposition of the advanced party consisting of 400 men : to defend the workers in making the road, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-130
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1768

A plan of the encampment of the detachment from the little Meadows, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-132
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1768

A plan of the field of battle and disposition of the troops, as they were on the march at the time of the attack on the 9th of July, 1755, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5, Folder: OUT
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-133
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1768

A plan of the island of St. John with the divisions of the counties, parishes, & the lots as granted by government, likewise the soundings round the coast and harbours, approximately 1775

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 1
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-011
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: approximately 1775

A plan of the line of march of the detachment from the little Meadows, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-131
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1768

A plan of the line of march with the whole baggage, 1768

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-129
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1768

A plan of the military operations against Charlestown, the army being commanded by L.G. Sir Henry Clinton K.B. and the fleet by Vice-Admiral Arbuthnot : from an original drawing sent by an officer in the army, 1780

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 40
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-145
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1780

A plan of the surprise of Stoney Point, by a detachment of the American army commanded by Brigr. Genl. Wayne, on the 15th July 1779 : also of the works erected on Verplanks Point, for the defence of Kings Ferry, by the British forces in July, 1779, 1784

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 32
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-091
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1784

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majestys forces in 1775 : from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from the plans of other gentlemen, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 4
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-075
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments & ca. of His Majesty's forces in 1775 : with that part of New York, Long Island and the Jerseys, which is the rendesvous of the two grand armies, and the supposed present seat of action, 1775

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 3
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-012
Description

"Includes "References to the fortifications & ca." and "References to the town." An earlier state of LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 933 and Nebenzahl, K. Bibliography of printed battle plans, 22.

Dates: 1775

A plan of the town of Newport in Rhode Island, 1777

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 30
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-026
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

A representation, of the sea fight, on the 5th of Sepr. 1781, between Rear Admiral Graves and the Count de Grasse, 1784

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 3
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-089
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1784

A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American provincials, on the heights of the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June 1775, 1775

 Item
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-013
Description This map and battle plan immortalized what came to be known as the Battle of Bunker Hill. The alphabetic key identifies British regiments and ships and narrates their actions. The plan also shows earthworks held by the Colonial troops. This detailed plan was published in London only five days after news of the battle itself reached England. Given the haste with which it was prepared, its geographic vagueness in the rendering of Charlestown is less surprising than its overall accuracy and...
Dates: 1775

A sketch of the battle near Camden in South Carolina, 16 Augst. 1780, approximately 1780

 Item — Closed Stacks, Drawer: 30
Identifier: 2019-SC-034-044
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: approximately 1780

A topographical map of the northn. part of New York Island, exhibiting the plan of Fort Washington, now Fort Knyphausen, with the rebels lines to the southward, which were forced by the troops under the command of the Rt. Honble. Earl Percy, on the 16th Novr. 1776, and survey'd immediately after by order of his Lordship, 1777

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-153
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1777

A topographical map of the Province of New Hampshire, 1784

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section: 1
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-092
Description This rare map of New Hampshire was prepared from surveys by Samuel Holland - famed engineer who entered British service during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The map depicts New Hampshire in great detail, illustrating rivers, streams, lakes, elevations, township boundaries, roads, and structures. Two great arcs delineate the boundary of a parcel known as "Mason's Curve." The parcel, owned by John Mason (1586-1635), was originally located between the Merrimack and Kennebeck Rivers,...
Dates: 1784

Abriss der stadt Gibraltar und der darinn befindlichen festen platze, nebst dem meerbusen von Algesiras, 1782?

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-187
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1782?

Allgemeine charte von Nord America als den sitz des krieges zwischen den Konigl. Engl. truppen u:den provinzialen, 1776

 Item — Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section: 5
Identifier: 2020-IL-001-137
Description

The map displayed here is an unrecorded version of a German broadside known only at the Library of Congress. This state is unique in that it was sold by a different person, and there are differences in the text portion of the broadside. It is a variant state of LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 142.

Dates: 1776