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Complete Record for Item NS10 M20.2.66

Core Fields

Title:A map of part of Rhode Island shewing the positions of the American and British armies at the siege of Newport, and the subsequent action on the 29th of August 1778
Item Type:Maps
Date:1807
Call Number NS10 M20.2.66

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Jones, Benjamin

Creator Information (Organization)

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Notes

General_note: "Engraved for Washingtons Life." NYHS map 5987 .2 is an ink ms.; an ink note, verso, reads: "The engraved map accompanying Marshalls Life of Washington was made from this draft." NYHS map 5987 .4 has the French title "Partie de l'Etat de Rhode-Island, et position des armees Americaine et Britannique au siege de Newport, et a l'affaire du 29 Aout 1778."
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 49 x 30 cm.
Medium: black ink on paper, backed with cloth
Added_person: Wayne, C.P.

Geographic Location: [Linked to other records with the same Location]

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