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    "localId": "7h149z68x",
    "label": "A prospective view of the battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th of Sepr. 1755, between 2000 English, with 250 Mohawks, under the command of Genl. Johnson",
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    "title": "A prospective view of the battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th of Sepr. 1755, between 2000 English, with 250 Mohawks, under the command of Genl. Johnson",
    "description": "British colonial troops wanted to capture Fort St. Frédéric (Crown Point), a French fortress on Lake Champlain, to gain control of the Lake Champlain corridor. Instead, they claimed victory at Lake George in September 1755. Samuel Blodget, a Massachusetts supplier to the troops, recorded these clashes based on his vantage point and eyewitness accounts. \"The First Engagement\" depicts the well-trained French troops, with Canadians and Native Americans, ambushing a hastily organized army of British colonists and Native Americans, including Mohawk Chief Hendrick. \"The Second Engagement\" depicts the failed French attack.",
    "date": "[\"1768\"]",
    "year": 1768,
    "citationUrl": "https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:7h149z68x",
    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
    "rightsUri": "No known restrictions on use.",
    "reuseAllowed": "no restrictions",
    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "4000137_0049r",
    "creators": [
        "Blodget, Samuel, 1724-1807"
    ],
    "institution": "Boston Public Library",
    "collections": [
        "American Revolutionary War-Era Maps",
        "Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Lake George, Battle of, N.Y., 1755--Aerial views--Early works to 1800",
        "Fort William Henry (N.Y.)--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Aerial views--Early works to 1800",
        "Lake George (N.Y. : Town)--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763--Aerial views--Early works to 1800",
        "Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800"
    ],
    "subjectsGeographic": [
        "Fort William Henry",
        "Hudson River",
        "Lake George",
        "New York",
        "North and Central America",
        "United States",
        "Warren (county)"
    ],
    "genreBasic": [
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    ],
    "typeOfResource": [
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        "Still image"
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    "country": "United States",
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    "source": "import",
    "pubPlace": "[London]",
    "publisher": "T. Jefferys"
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    "extent": "2 views on 1 sheet ; 26 x 51 cm.",
    "notes": [
        "Bird's-eye view.",
        "Relief shown pictorially.",
        "Appears in Jefferys' General topography of North America and the West Indies. London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ... and Thomas Jefferys, 1768."
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    "dcId": "7h149z68x",
    "type": "map"
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