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A general & particular plan of the island of Castle William near Boston : shewing the works in their original & present state, together with sections thro' the same. Carried on and survey'd under the direction of and by John Montrésor, Esqr., engineer extraordinary & Capt. Lieut. by order of the Honble: Thomas Gage, Esqr., Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces in North America

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Creator	Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Date	[1771?]
Scale	Scale 1:600
Language	English
Location	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local)	Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Subjects	Fortification--Massachusetts--Castle Island--Maps--Early works to 1800 Manuscript maps
Places	Castle Island Massachusetts North and Central America Suffolk (county) United States
Extent	col. map; 76 x 115 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. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Imperfect: Hole in center. "No. 11." Includes index to points of interest, inset of "A general plan of the island of Castle William shewing its situation with respect to the adjacent islands," 1:6,000, and two cross section views. 50 ft. to an in.