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    "label": "A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces",
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    "title": "A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th of June 1775 between His Majesty's troops, under the command of Major General Howe, and the American forces",
    "description": "Page, an English military engineer who served as aide de campe to General Howe during the action, prepared this detailed plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is the best known and most commonly reproduced plan of the battle. Originally published shortly after the battle, this copy appeared in 1793, accompanying Stedman's History of the American War. It depicts redoubts, fences, and hedgerows in great detail, as well as the lines of march of attacking forces, British ships, and the Corps Hill battery with lines of fire.",
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_014236",
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        "Page, Thomas Hyde, Sir, 1746-1821",
        "Stedman, C. (Charles), 1753-1812",
        "Montrésor, John, 1736-1799"
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    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
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        "Boston and New England Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
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    "subjects": [
        "Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800",
        "Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800"
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    "pubPlace": "[London]",
    "publisher": "Thomas Page"
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    "extent": "1 map : hand color ; 49 x 42 cm",
    "notes": [
        "Shows lines of fire.",
        "Relief shown by hachures.",
        "Overlay tipped on to middle right. Overlay, designated no. 1, shows the first position of the troops. Main map, designated no. 2, shows the second position.",
        "\"Engraved for Stedman's History of the American War.\"",
        "Upper right corner: \"To front page 127 Vol. 1.\"",
        "From: Charles Stedman's The history of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war. London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Murray [etc.], 1794."
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