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Allgemeine charte von Nord America als den sitz des krieges zwischen den Konigl. Engl. truppen u:den provinzialen, 1776 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section 5

The map displayed here is an unrecorded version of a German broadside known only at the Library of Congress. This state is unique in that it was sold by a different person, and there are differences in the text portion of the broadside. It is a variant state of LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 142.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laquel on a tracée les camps et les retranchemens occupé, tant par les Anglois que par les Américains, 1776 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 7, Section 1

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 neck, and the third corps near Roxbury. Among the many strategic topographic features so excellently rendered on this map is Dorchester Heights, which appears devoid of British defensive forces. This serious tactical error was ultimately recognized by General Washington, who occupied the Heights and forced the British to withdraw from the city on March 17, 1776. A note on the map reveals that it is based on an original plan of the siege drawn by order of the British government. Interestingly, the British fortifications on Boston Neck and Castle William Island are greatly exaggerated.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

Der Teufels Belt gemeiniglich genannt der Lange Insels Sund, 1776 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 3, Section 4

This rare map depicts Long Island, New York City, and the Connecticut coastline north to Stonington Bay. Muller took the geography on this map directly from Thomas Jeffery's 1755 map titled "A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of New England ..." The copy displayed here was most likely issued separately from its original pamphlet, and may have been bound unfolded into a folio composite atlas produced during the American Revolutionary War era.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

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