Map of New England and Boston, 1775 (New England, USA); (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) 42°21'30"N 71°03'35"W

Robert Sayer (1725?-29 January 1794); John Bennett (active 1774-83. d.8 December 1787) (publisher) [bottom centre of map, between border and plate mark:] London, Printed for R. Sayer, & J. Bennett. N.^o 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 2. Sept.^r 1775; [bottom right, below outsets, between border and plate mark:] London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, N.^o 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs. 2.^d Sept.^r 1775.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the letters G R below; countermark: WF

Condition: one fold line; very unevenly trimmed

Scale: 1:447,000 approx. Scale bar: map of New England: English Miles 20 [72 mm =].

45.9 x 53.8 cm (image)

46.9 x 55.4 cm (platemark)

43.7 x 38.0 cm (neatline of map of New England)

29.8 x 13.3 cm (neatline of map of the Town of Boston)

50.1 x 59.0 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

THE SEAT OF WAR, / IN / NEW ENGLAND, / by / an American Volunteer. / with THE MARCHES / of the Several Corps Sent by the / COLONIES. / Towards BOSTON. / with the Attack on BUNKERS-HILL. [map with two larger-scale plans to the right; top right of map, in scrolled cartouche]

Insets:

(1) PLAN OF BOSTON HARBOUR, from an Actual Survey. Scale: 1:146,304 approx. Scale bar: Three Miles [33 mm =]. Size: 14.9 x 13.4 cm (neatline). [and]

(2) PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON WITH THE / ATTACK on BUNKERS-HILL in the Peninsula of CHARLESTOWN, / the 17.th of June 1775. [with a key, A-I, K-M, to the main buildings in the town, a list of dates of the ten fires which the town had suffered since it was settled in 1630, and the names of the twelve wards into which it was divided in 1735.] Scale: not stated. Size: 29.9 x 13.4 cm (neatline). 

Annotations:

George III heading: [black pencil, underlining in red ink:] Seat of the War in New England in 1775 and Battle of Bunker's Hill 17 June 1775.

Other annotations: (Recto) None. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil:] 14/2; [bottom, right of centre, black pencil, erased:] Battle of Bunkers Hill 17 June 1775; [top, right of centre, black pencil, erased, underlined and illegible].

George III catalogue entry:

England, New A Map of the Seat of War in New England in 1775, with the Marches of the several corps sent by the colonies towards Boston: and the attack on Bunker’s Hill on the 17.^th of June 1775: published by Sayer and Bennett, 1775. [The same entry appears under the heading Bunker’s Hill.]

Bibliographic reference(s)

A. Krieger, D. Cobb and A. Turner, Mapping Boston, Cambridge MA 2001, plate 17

K. Nebenzahl, A bibliography of printed battle plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795, Chicago and London 1975, no.6, p.5

I.N.P. Stokes and D.C. Haskell, American historical prints, early views of American cities, New York 1932, p.47

Exhibited:

London. British Library, (1975), American War of Independence 1775-1783.