''A MAP OF PART OF RHODE ISLAND Shewing the Positions of the American and British Armies at the Siege of NEWPORT...1778'' Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1807. From the first edition of the Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington". Original copperplate engraving with later hand-coloring. Condition note: Centerfold strengthened on verso with archival tape and lower margin extended to facilitate matting.(Image 16 5/8 x 10)
A very detailed Revolutionary War battle plan of the Siege of Newport by the British, in August 1778. The battle plan shows the French Fleet, British vessels various fortifications, the routes and encampments of various combatants, including General Greene, General Sullivan, and the various British positions, along with a number of other details of positions and fortifications.
The map is drawn from various contemporary accounts of the siege, and is one of the only early plans of the battle which is reasonably available.
Shipped unmatted
