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Auction 106, Lot 206

"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", Phillips, Richard (Sir)

Subject: New York

Period: 1806 (dated)

Publication: Marshall's Life of Washington

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.7 x 16.5 inches
22.1 x 41.9 cm
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A fine Revolutionary War plan that depicts the battles and troop positions. The American forces are shown moving northward from a point near present-day Fordham University. Names many property owners, roads, ferries and towns. Locates Fort Washington, Dobbs Ferry, Ft. Independence, White Plains, etc.

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Condition: B

Crisp, dark impression on thick paper with some light scattered foxing. Margin extended at binding trim.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 3/3/2004

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