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Source Description
Appears in James Murray's Boston edition of An Impartial History of the War in America (Boston: For Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781-84).
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Document identity
localId
st74cw36c
label
Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cw36c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the town of Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill, in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th of June, 1775
description
Appears in James Murray's Boston edition of An Impartial History of the War in America (Boston: For Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781-84).
date
["[1781]"]
year
1781
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007827
creators
Norman, John, 1748?-1817
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Boston and New England Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775--Maps--Early works to 1800
Maps
Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Charlestown (Mass.) Boston (Mass.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
citySection
Bunker Hill
extent
1 map ; 29 x 14 cm, on sheet 31 x 22 cm.
notes
Appears in James Murray's Boston edition of An Impartial History of the War in America (Boston: For Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781-84).
Derived directly from a map in the English edition of Murray's An Impartial History of the War in America.
Charlestown shown in flames.
Table of references identifies fires, wards, and places of interest.
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no
dcId
st74cw36c
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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e7b500348972389c