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Auction 155, Lot 268
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"Boston with Its Environs", Marshall, John

Subject: Boston, Massachusetts

Period: 1832 (circa)

Publication: Marshall's Life of Washington

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.2 x 6.3 inches
23.4 x 16 cm
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This well-engraved plan of Boston extends to include Cambridge, Chelsea, Dorchester, and the islands of Deer, Gallops, Long, Castle, and Spectacle. It comes from Marshall's important and early history of the American Revolution. Roads, forts, powder magazines, batteries, and more are located. The map delineates the positions and movements of General Washington and his allies and the enemy troops during the Siege of Boston early on in the Revolutionary War. Engraved by J. Yeager.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light offsetting and a few small spots.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/18/2015

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