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Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms : Boston, 3th. [sic] Decr. 1775. To His Excellency Major General Howe, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, &c

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Creator	Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Date	[1775]
Name on Item	John Montresor, commandg. engrs.
Scale	Scale ca. 1:4,860
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects	Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Fortification--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Boston Massachusetts North and Central America Suffolk (county) United States
Extent	col. map 31 x 46 cm.
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).
Notes	Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Dedication is in different ink from drafting of map. Includes index to major fortifications.