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Attack of the rebels upon Fort Penobscot in the province of New England in which their fleet was totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14th Augst. 1779

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Creator	Rapin de Thoyras, (Paul), M, 1661-1725
Contributor	Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687-1774
Date	1785
Name on Item	by an officer present.
Publisher	[J. Harrison]
Scale	Scale [ca. 1:14,700]
Language	English
Location	George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)	Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects	Penobscot Expedition, 1779--Maps--Early works to 1800 Fortification--Maine--Maps--Early works to 1800 Fort George (Me. : Fort)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800 Penobscot Bay (Me.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800 Penobscot River (Me.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places	Maine North and Central America Penobscot United States
Extent	1 map : hand col. ; 36 x 38 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	Relief shown by hachures. Shows position of fleets in Penobscot River and Bay, and fort and shore batteries. "For the continuation (after Tindal's) of Rapin's History of Engd." From Rapin's impartial history of England ... with the continuation to the year 1786 (London : J. Harrison, 1784-89).