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Plan of the battle of Monmouth, 28th of June, 78

Metadata

Cartographer	Butler, Richard, 1743-1791
Date	[1778?]
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:3,000] 100 p[ace]s to an in.
Language	English
Location	New-York Historical Society
Collection (local)	New-York Historical Society Collection
Subjects	Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778--Maps Freehold (N.J.)--History--18th century--Battlefields--Maps Monmouth County (N.J.)--History--18th century--Battlefields--Maps Monmouth Battlefield State Park (N.J.)--Maps Freehold (N.J.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Maps Landforms--New Jersey--Freehold--Maps
Places	Freehold Monmouth (county) New Jersey North and Central America United States
Extent	1 map : ms. ; 38 x 49 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. No known restrictions on use.
Notes	Military map. Covers an area near Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Shows troop positions, commanders' names, points of attack. Also shows relief by hachures and roads, streams, buildings and vegetative cover. Title from verso text. Attributed to Butler, based on verso text in another hand: "This is an original Map of Monmouth among the papers of Richard [Butler] [B.]G. lent me by [N.B.] Cra[ig]. W.[B.R.]"--cf. American National Biography article on Butler, which names Craig his editor. Pen-and-ink on paper. On recto: "Neville B. Craig"