A Plan of the Country from Frogs Point to Cotton River shewing the Positions of the American & British Armies from the 12th of October 1776 until the Engagement on the White Plains on the 28th.

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• PUBLISHER: Published by J. Crissy, Philadelphia

• MEDIUM: Engraving

  DATE: 1832.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 15.6 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved by Joseph Yeager. This map covers Westchester County, from northern Manhattan Island eastward to Throgs neck and northward to the Croton River. British and American positions colored coded, red and blue. One of a group of battle plan maps that accompanied Marshall's Life of Washington.<br><br> John James Marshall (1755--1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. A renowned Federalist, Marshall's admiration for George Washington led him to publish "The Life of Washington," a five-volume biography of the famed President and general. In 1832, he produced a revised and condensed two-volume edition with hand-colored maps.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 9 1/2 x 12 1/4" inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color save for some minor color offset and a faint centerfold line. This series is known for having bad offsetting and or foxing. This is a particularly nice example.

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