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L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et forcant le passage le 8 Aoust 1778 : jour que les Américains passerent sur l'Isle de Rode Island par le chemin d'howland's ferry.
Summary
Relief shown pictorially.
Oriented with north to the left.
Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt.
Includes index to defenses and points of interest.
Note at bottom: Nta. les anglois brulereus ou coulereus a Rode Island, les frigates l'Orphée, le Lark en la flore de 32 canons, le Cerbere en le Faucon de 28 sans parler d'un grand nombre de batiments Marchands.
Imperfect: Mostly indecipherable pencil annotation on verso.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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Date
01/01/1778
Contributors
Ozanne, Pierre, 1737-1813.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
