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English: Scale 1:14,400; 400 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Annotated: John Montresor, chief engineer. Map sections individually titled: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island [1:2,400]--Plan of the attacks against the rebels works on Mud Island surrender'd 16. November 1777 [1:7,200]--View of the rebel fort and works, on Mud Island comprehending Red-Bank on the Jersey shore; taken from * in front of the 6 gun battery Elevation of the commanding officer's house Section through A:B [1:600]. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1315 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
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A survey of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing the several works constructed by His Majesty's troops, under the command of Sir William Howe, since their possession of that city 26th. September 1777, comprehending likewise the attacks against Fort Mifflin on Mud Island, and until it's reduction, 16th November 1777.
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G3824.P5S3 1777 .N5
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000933/
Author Nicole, Pierre; Montrésor, John
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Pennsylvania · United States · Philadelphia · Fort Mifflin · Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia)
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Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Catalog · Geography And Map Division · American Revolution And Its Era: Maps And Charts Of North America And The West Indies, 1750-1789
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Maps, Manuscript · Revolution · Pennsylvania · Philadelphia (Pa.) · Philadelphia · United States · Maps · Early Works To 1800 · Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia) · Fort Mifflin (Philadelphia, Pa.) · History

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