Plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs shewing its defences during the years 1777 & 1778

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 Nicole, Pierre, -1784 cartographic map Early maps. Manuscript maps. dcu 1778 monographic [1778] eng col. map 108 x 107 cm. 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Scale ca. 1:14,400. Philadelphia (Pa.) Maps Early works to 1800 Philadelphia (Pa.) History Revolution, 1775-1783 Maps Early works to 1800 United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia G3824.P5 1778 .N51 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3824p.ar132400 [Peter Force map collection 233] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1324 gm 71002319 hdl:loc.gmd/g3824p.ar132400 DLC 710602 20250607182855.9 5401211 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)