A Plan Of The Town Of Boston And Its Environs, With The Lines, Batteries, And Incampments Of The British And American Armies – Historic Print
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A Plan Of The Town Of Boston And Its Environs, With The Lines, Batteries, And Incampments Of The British And American Armies
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Few maps of the siege of Boston show both armies at once, but this manuscript plan records the lines, batteries, and encampments of the British and American forces side by side, along with hachured relief and soundings of the harbor. Sir Thomas Hyde Page, a British military engineer, drew it with pen and watercolor during the siege that began in 1775, when colonial troops ringed the town and the British held it by sea. The map shows how the fighting turned on the surrounding hills and water, and it helps explain the American move onto Dorchester Heights that led to the British evacuation in March 1776.
| Notes | Sir Thomas Hyde Page, 1746-1821. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings |
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| Original scan | 3,880 × 2,752 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MA Boston Town Plan 1775 |
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