(Philadelphia and vicinity. Military.
Scale 1:21,120; 1 mile to 3 in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows fortifications opposite Windmill Island and at the Middle Ferry across the Schuylkill River. Some land owners are identified. Vault AACR2
- Date
- 1778
- Place
- Philadelphia
- Scale
- 1:21,120
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 4,947 × 3,970 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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