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The seat of action between the British and American forces, or An authentic plan of the western part of Long Island, with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 between the King[']s forces and the Americans : containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland, the great magazine of the American Army, to Sandy Hook

Title
The seat of action between the British and American forces, or An authentic plan of the western part of Long Island, with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 between the King[']s forces and the Americans : containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland, the great magazine of the American Army, to Sandy Hook / from the surveys of Major Holland.
Author
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801.
Publication
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, 1776.

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 87-5278Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117
CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 97-6166Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Description
1 map : hand col.; 45 x 39 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Wallach Fund, 1985.
  • Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 805.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Alternative Title
Authentic plan of the western part of Long Island
Subjects
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • "Printed ... as the act directs 22d Octr. 1776."
  • Faint outline color.
  • Has watermarks.
  • Inset: Road from Amboy to Philadelphia.
Indexed In (note)
  • LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
Call Number
Map Div. 87-5278
LCCN
gm 71002199 /MAPS
OCLC
  • 8114145
  • NYPG87-M247
Author
Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801.
Title
The seat of action between the British and American forces, or An authentic plan of the western part of Long Island, with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 between the King[']s forces and the Americans : containing also Staten Island, and the environs of Amboy and New York, with the course of Hudsons River, from Courtland, the great magazine of the American Army, to Sandy Hook / from the surveys of Major Holland.
Imprint
London : Printed for Robt. Sayer and Jno. Bennett, 1776.
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:215,000].
Indexed In:
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1146
Local Note
NYPL copy in Map Div. 87-5278 has ms. notation on verso.
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Added Author
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Research Call Number
Map Div. 87-5278 [Filed with N.Y.S. Rev. War maps, Long Island]
Map Div. 97-6166 [LHS 805]
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