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Plan de Rhode Islande, les differentes operations de la flotte françoise et des trouppes Américaines commandeés par le major général Sullivan contre les forces de terre et de mer des Anglois depuis le 9 Aout jusqu'a la nuit du 30 au 31 du même mois que les Américains ont fait leur retraite 1778 /
Summary
Relief shown by hachures.
Some place names in English.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing.
Includes descriptive index to defenses.
On label affixed to verso of backing: No. 131. Plan de L'affaire de Rhode islande en Aoust 1778.
Gift; Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest; Jan. 2000
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitions control no. 2000-51
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Date
01/01/1778
Contributors
Capitaine du Chesnoy, Michel, 1746-1804.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
