The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775

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The town of Falmouth, burnt, by Captain Moet, Octbr. 18th 1775

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Print shows bird's-eye view of the burning of Falmouth, Maine, by Captain Henry Mowat, whose ships, in the foreground, fire on the town.

Illus. in: An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war. Boston : Printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, at their office in Newbury-street, 1781-84, v. 2, copy 1, frontispiece.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 257.

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01/01/1782
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Norman, John, 1748?-1817, etcher
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