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A plan of York Town and Gloucester in the province of Virginia

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Title:
A plan of York Town and Gloucester in the province of Virginia
Collection:
Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
Creator:
Hills, John, surveyor
Date:
1784
Site:
Yorktown, Virginia
Location:
Yorktown, Virginia
ID Number:
RMC2010_0055
Catalog Record:
5698173
File Name:
RMC2010_0055.tif
Work Type:
manuscript maps
maps
Subject:
United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Maps, Manuscript.
Description:
A plan of York Town and Gloucester in the province of Virginia shewing the works constructed for the defence of those posts by the British army . . . from an actual survey . . .
Pen and ink MS. on tracing paper (probably 19th century) made for Jared Sparks. Scale [ca. 1:6,000].
Source:
Jared Sparks Map Collection
Bibliography:
London : Wm. Faden, 1784
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Format:
Image
Rights:
Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.

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