To the Honl. Jno. Hancock, Esqre, President of Ye Continental Congress, This Map of the Seat of Civil War in America is Respectfully Inscribed
DraftsmanDrawn by
Bernard Romans
(American, 1741 - 1784)
Date1775
MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 3/8 x 17 1/4in. (39.1 x 43.8cm)
Platemark (height x width): 15 3/4 x 17 7/8in. (40 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 5/8 x 21 1/4in. (42.2 x 54cm)
Platemark (height x width): 15 3/4 x 17 7/8in. (40 x 45.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 5/8 x 21 1/4in. (42.2 x 54cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineCrofut Acquisitions Fund
DescriptionMap of eastern Massachusetts as far north as Beverly, Chelmsford, and Leominster. Part of Connecticut, including the towns of Killingly, Pomfret, and Voluntown, is to the west. Buzzard's Bay and part of the Colony of Rhode Island are to the south. Boston Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean are to the east. Towns, rivers, ponds, and hills are identified. A small inset map shows a "Plan of Boston and its Environs," including the location of "Provincial Lines" "Enemy Lines" and redoubts. A small landscape at lower right shows "A View of the Lines Thrown upon BOSTON NECK by the Ministerial Army."
Object number1988.212.0
NotesCartographic Note:
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Kellogg & Bulkeley
1910-1915
