Fort on the first hill in Dorc̃ester : Fort on the second hill in Dorc̃ester

[1776?]

Scale 1:480

English

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

• Fortification--Massachusetts--Boston--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Boston (Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Boston
• Massachusetts
• North and Central America
• Suffolk (county)
• United States

2 col. maps on sheet 37 x 54 cm.

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• Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
• Relief shown by hachures.
• One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces.
• Includes a profile of each fort.
• On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 5.
• 40 ft. to 1 in.