A Plan of the Town and Harbour of Boston
PrinterPrinted by
Meriden Gravure Company
(American, 1888 - 1977)
Date1963
MediumCollotype; black printer's ink and watercolor on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 3/8 x 18 7/8in. (36.5 x 47.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/4 x 21 3/4in. (43.8 x 55.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/4 x 21 3/4in. (43.8 x 55.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionReproduction of a map of Boston, depicting the locations of the British and American troops in battles at Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, the army encampments, and the positions of ships in the harbor. The routes of the Minutemen, shown in blue coats and carrying rifles, are delineated at the top of the map. Below the title on the left side, there is a list of references that correspond to numbers found on the map, most of them clustered in and around the harbor area, that describe the ships, forts, batteries and events of the battles.
Object number1964.66.0
NotesCartographic Note: No scale
Subject Note: The engagement that we now refer to as the Battle of Bunker Hill is simply identified as "the battle of 17th June 1775."On View
Not on view
