Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836.

Description

1. 1 map : hand col.; 32 x 35 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Alternative title

1. Swords House on Hudson's River

Subject

1. New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps > Early works to 1800
2. Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777 > Maps > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. Map Div. 01-467

Note

1. Shows deployment of armies; roads, rivers, forests, fields and camps.
2. Appears in William Faden's A collection of 26 plans of battles of the American Revolution.
3. Accompanied by overlay (11 x 14 cm.) showing change in position of troops.
4. Relief shown by hachures.

Indexed in (note)

1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789

Author

1. Wilkinson, William Cumberland.

Title

1. Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson's River near Stillwater on Septr. 17th : with the positions of that part of the army engaged on the 19th Septr. 1777 / drawn by W. C. Wilkinson, Lt. 62d Regt. Asst. Engr. ; engraved by Wm. Faden.

Imprint

1. London : Published ... by W. Faden, Charing Cross, Feby. 1st, 1780.

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:14,400].

Indexed in:

1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Faden, William, 1750?-1836.
2. Faden, William, 1750?-1836. Collection of 26 plans of battles of the American Revolution.

LCCN

1. gm 71000661

Research call number

1. Map Div. 01-467 [Filed with N.Y.S. Revol. War, Burgoyne's Campaign 1777]