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Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing its defences during the years 1777 & 1778 : together with the siege of Mud Island on the River Delaware

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Creator	Nicole, Pierre, -1784
Date	[1778]
Scale	Scale ca. 1:14,400
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Collection
Subjects	Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	North and Central America Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia (county) United States
Extent	1 manuscript map : hand color 108 x 107 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. "To the Honble. Sir William Howe K.B. general and commander in chief of all His Majesty's forces within the colonies laying on the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to West Florida inclusive, &ca. &ca. [Signed:] John Montrésor, chief engineer in America." Imperfect: Fort Mifflin on Great Mud Island is almost entirely cut off.