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We Are One: William Faden, geographer to King George III, published this map of Philadelphia in March 1777. This map, or one of the earlier versions created by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, may have helped British troops when they occupied the city from September 1777 to June 1778. The map includes a city plan, labels the owners of properties in the surrounding area, and notes fortifications. Instead of a decorative cartouche, the map features an elevation of the Pennsylvania State House. Now known as Independence Hall, the building was famous even then as the site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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Document identity
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cj82m2470
label
A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
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cj82m2470
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
description
We Are One: William Faden, geographer to King George III, published this map of Philadelphia in March 1777. This map, or one of the earlier versions created by Nicholas Scull and George Heap, may have helped British troops when they occupied the city from September 1777 to June 1778. The map includes a city plan, labels the owners of properties in the surrounding area, and notes fortifications. Instead of a decorative cartouche, the map features an elevation of the Pennsylvania State House. Now known as Independence Hall, the building was famous even then as the site of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
date
["1777"]
year
1777
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006303
creators
Scull, Nicholas, 1686?-1761?
Heap, George, fl. 1715-1760
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Pennsylvania--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (county)
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Pennsylvania
county
Philadelphia
city
Philadelphia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
W. Faden
Source extras
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sf268508b
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dn39z222j
schema:latitude
39.95
schema:longitude
-75.15
extent
1 map : col. ; 62 x 45 cm.
notes
Depths shown by soundings.
Has watermark.
Shows roads and the names of landholders in rural areas.
Second state of the map, with Port Island.
Includes table of distances and illus. of "Elevation of the State House."
This map can be viewed as a georeferenced overlay in an interactive application made especially for We Are One: Mapping America's Road from Revolution to Independence http://d2o8owo4k087al.cloudfront.net/index.html?mapId=69.
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no
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cj82m2470
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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