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Boston, S. West part. No. 25. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:5,600. Title in pencil; matches title in Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications... More

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 911 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... More

A plan of Quebec, metropolis of Canada in North America

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Oriented with north to the right. In upper right corner: p. 563. Appears in the Pennsylvania Magazine, December 1775, volume 1, page 563. Includes index. LC copy... More

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp.

Scale ca. 1:7,200. "Engrav'd for the Pennsylva. magazine" v. 1, 1775, p. 29. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of provincial cam... More

Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada...

Print shows map "Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada" on the Saint Lawrence River, with insert, after D. Pomarede (see no. 352), "View of the town &c of Montreal" which the fo... More

A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent...

Scale ca. 1:26,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. "N.B. The rebels entrenchments are express'd as they appear from Beacon Hil... More

Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His...

Scale ca. 1:4,860. 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. LC Maps of North Ame... More

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp

Published in the July 1775 issue of the Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly edited by Thomas Paine, this was the earliest printed depiction of Boston after the battle at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. The in... More

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston

As an example of late 18th-century British journalistic cartography, this is a reduced version of Page's original map of Boston. Using pictorial symbols, it shows Charlestown in ruins following the British burn... More

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston : mit den umliegenden Gegende...

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A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteri...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston mit den umliegenden Gegenden ...

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Fort on Fort Hill in Boston. - Public domain old map

Scale 1:1,584; 132 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 4. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 925 Ava... More

[New York Island. Military; unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:9,500. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows fortifications and redoubts north of the vicinity of Hell Gate befor... More

Plan of The Narrows, shewing the channel, shoal, depth of water, and t...

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1155 Ava... More

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston : mit den umliegenden Gegende...

This very rare German war plan of Boston and vicinity is an unusually fine topographic map. Its physical relief is symbolized by elaborately engraved hachures. A printed legend refers to the number and caliber ... More

Fort on Noddles Island. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:3,168; 264 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces... More

Fort on the first hill in Dorc̃ester. Fort on the second hill in Dorc̃...

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American force... More

A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, near Charles Town in South Carol...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Fort on Dorc̃ester Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by... More

Plan of the works opposite Hell-Gate.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1153 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laqu...

Highlighted on this fine topographic map of Boston and vicinity are the British and American troops. The American troops are colored red -- the first corps in Cambridge, the second corps opposite Charlestown ne... More

A plan of Boston, and its environs : shewing the true situation of His...

This rare and separately issued map with its vibrant original color is an historically valuable and attractive depiction of Revolutionary War Boston and vicinity. It was the best contemporaneous map of the mili... More

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laqu...

We Are One: This beautiful, meticulously-drawn French map of Boston's harbor and environs uses the Liberty Tree and liberty pole icons to champion the Americans' cause. In the decorative title cartouche, a Nati... More

A plan of the Narrows of Hells-gate in the East River, near which batt...

Scale ca. 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. In upper margin: no. 6. Includes "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1154 Available also throug... More

[Rough draught of Boston and harbour.

Scale ca. 1:18,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Shows location of troops a... More

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laque...

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Fort on Charlestown Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:3,168; 264 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 1. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same h... More

A sketch of part of the Island of New York shewing the operations of H...

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A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan, the key of Charlestown, in South...

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A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts ...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north to the left LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1165 Available also through ... More

[Map of defenses of New York Island from Fort Washington to Fort Indep...

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Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge, with the proposed redouts coulou...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows proposed British redoubts, "rebel redout," and "Fort Indepe... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Ameri...

Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777). Relief shown by hachures. Parts of index in mixed English a... More

Plan and sections of the redoubt at Billingsfort and plan of the rebel...

Scale ca. 1:2,450. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. "F." Includes 3 col. cross sections. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1276 Available also through the Libra... More

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

This map, created by Lieutenant Thomas Hyde Page, undoubtedly follows the earlier survey of Captain John Montressor and became the most informative record available for the town of Boston at the time of the Ame... More

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,700. Includes "References to the lines &c." and "References to the town." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 934 Vault ... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, D...

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A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

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A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "N.B. Since the evacuation of Boston ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 933 Available also through the Library of Con... More

A Temporary project for a star redout [sic] to contain 150 men.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 53." On verso, partly illegible and in a different hand: Boston ... part of the ... project for the war ... Drawing of a fortification on the road t... More

Plan of Genl Du Portail. Plan of the position of Valley Forge after Ja...

Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Annotated in pencil to show some distances. Annotated bar scale shows scale ca. 14,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,... More

[Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of Fort Knip...

Scale ca. 1:10,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows military unit members. "No. 31." Stamped on label on verso: Montresor. Includes table "Cantoonments between Fort Knypehausen and... More

[Plan of Paulus's Hook and fortifications.

Scale ca. 1:2,600. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title in pencil: Paulus Hook, No. 46. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows positi... More

[Philadelphia and vicinity. Military.

Scale 1:21,120; 1 mile to 3 in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows f... More

A Plan of the works on Spikendevil Hill with the ground in front, prot...

Scale 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1169 Available also through the Library of ... More

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 913 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

This Revolutionary War era map was based on British intelligence from the observations of Lieutenant Page and the plans of Captain Montressor. It was published in 1778 by the London publisher, William Faden. Th... More

[Philadelphia and neighborhood]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows line... More

[Plan of Paulus's Hook and fortifications.

Scale ca. 1:2,700. Relief shown by shading. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows position of "57th Rt." Annotation, in pencil: By Montrésor, 1779? LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1... More

Plan de la barre et du havre de Charles-Town d'après un plan anglois l...

Scale ca. 1:45,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows points of defense. Oriented with north to the right. "No. 2." "No. 1 et 2. Ensemble." Includes sailing "Instruction."... More

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "333" located below lower right corner of border. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, ... More

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

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Plan de la ville de du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 341 Available also throug... More

A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia : with the works and e...

Scale ca. 1:21,000. Shows names of rural landholders. Indexed for public buildings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1327 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AAC... More

Sketch of Stoney & Verplank's Points upon the North River, as taken po...

Scale ca. 1:11,140. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rebel works" as well as additions made by the British. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1199 Avai... More

Sketch of the rebel works at West Point as taken from the description ...

Scale ca. 1:11,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and amounts of ordnance. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1203 Available also through the Library ... More

Plan of the road from Elizabeth Town Point to Elizabeth Town : shewing...

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Boston et ses environs - Public domain vintage map

Reflecting French interest in the American Revolutionary War, this French publication was copied from a similar map of Boston and vicinity published in London in 1778. The original map was based on the British ... More

[Savannah & its fortifications. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1580 Available also throug... More

Plan de West-Point du nord, levé a vue.

Scale ca. 1:17,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Shows fortifications. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC ... More

[Bay of Pensacola, fortification. - Public domain map

Scale 1:600; 50 ft. to an in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows Fort George. Includes index to points of intere... More

Position du camp de l'armée combinée a Philipsburg du 6 juillet au 19 ...

Scale ca. 1:80,000; 2,000 toises = 40 mm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows area from Staten Island to Tarrytown, N.Y. Includes "Legende." LC Maps of North ... More

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military po... More

Plan de West-Point du Sud. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:18,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by shading. Lists artillery included in batteries at West Point. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

A map and chart of those parts of the Bay of Chesapeak, York and James...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Reconnoissance de King's bridge. I. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:7,900; 600 toises = 97 mm. Title from label on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. Shows forts and redoubts. Tit... More

[Plan de New-York et les environs. - Public domain map

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Plan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie.

Scale ca. 1:3,220. Title on verso: Ouvrages faits à Portsmouth en Virginie par les Anglais, et rasé en 1781 par les François. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief sho... More

Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a dét...

Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215 A... More

Chart and plan of the harbour of New York & the couny. adjacent, from ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Plan de West-Pointe du nord levé a vue.

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A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia shewing the w...

Scale ca. 1:95,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Plan of Savannah & its environs in 1782.

Scale ca. 1:12,000; 1,000 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congres... More

A draught of the harbours of Port Royal and Kingston in Jamaica with t...

Plan of Savannah and its environs in 1782.

Scale 1:12,000; 1,000 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Shows fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1... More

Position des Armées amériquaine et françoise à Kings-ferry, Peaks-hill...

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Kings Ferry operated between Verplank Point and Stony Point. "Peaks-hill" was about 3 miles south of the cen... More

Plan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue.

Scale ca. 1:38,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and premier anchorage areas for ships. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

Plan of Savannah and its fortifications in 1782.

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1586 Available ... More

Sketch of West Point. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Based on John Hinncks' West Point. 1783. LC Maps of North America,... More

West Point. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications. Includes profiles of "Fort Putnam" and "Fort Willit."... More

Sketch of the position of the British forces at Elizabeth Town Point a...

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Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New Englan...

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Plano de la plaza y ciudad de Santo Domingo, capital de la isla Españo...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1910 Available also through the Library of C... More

Elkhorn River Fortification, January 26, 1790, Description and Map

Description and Map

Military orders from Aquilla Whitaker to James Hougland

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Plano numero 1. de la barra, y Rio de San Juan desde su entrada hasta ...

Covers Saint Johns River and environs from Atlantic coast to current site of Jacksonville, Florida. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows defenses and fortifications. Also shows vegetation ... More

Bahía y ciudad de Bayaha, o Puerto del Delfin, en la Isla de Santo Do...

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Letter from Joseph Ballinger to Isaac Shelby

Photo of Basin (West Midlands) - Public domain dedication

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Plan of Ternate : Dutch East Indies - Public domain map

Ms. topographic map of the town of Ternate (on Ternate Island, Dutch East Indies) showing streets, roads, fortifications, beaches, and gates across roads. Does not cover entire Ternate Island. Shows British fla... More

Plansch med uniform för Fortifikationen, ritad av Frederic Eben i boke...

Plansch med uniform för Fortifikationen, ritad av Frederic Eben i boken The Swedish Army, utgiven 1808.

Situation of a part of the first line of defence of Lisbon /

Direction des Iles du Vent, Ile de Tabago, 1er germinal an 11 : plan d...

Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Includes index and relief profile. Printed label mounted verso: Ch. Picquet, géographe ordinaire du roi et du S.A.S. Monseigr. le Duc d'Orléans. A Paris, Quai de Conti no. 17, entre... More

[Fortification on the outskirts of Paris. Section, elevation, and plan...

Plate 35. "From the collection of the Dukes of Wellington, Stratfield Saye." Title, date and provenance information from the donor's inventory. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Item conserved and/or rehoused. Se... More

Rough plan of the defences of the harbour of Annapolis in Maryland /

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[Manuscript plan of the Battle of Plattsburgh, New York].

Shows buildings, fortifications, bodies of water, and line of ships in bay. Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink (black/dark brown) and lead-pencil shading for bodies of water. Orie... More