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A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c : shewing the position of the American & British armies, before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27th, 1776

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433998


Item data

Title

A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c : shewing the position of the American & British armies, before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27th, 1776

Collection

Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Whole

Names

Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824 (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1806 (Questionable)
Place: London?
Publisher: s.n.

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 01-474 [Filed with N.Y.S. Revol. War maps, Long Island, 1776]

Subjects

Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
New York Metropolitan Area

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Imprint information from NYPL's Dictionary catalog of the Map Division.
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: NYPL copy trimmed close to the neat line.
Content: Relief shown by hachures.
Citation/Reference: NYPL. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, V, p. 872
Statement Of Responsibility: Neele, s[culpt?]

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 41 x 26 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 2064812
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14968525
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 71583190-c5aa-012f-61a2-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1806

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c : shewing the position of the American & British armies, before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27th, 1776" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1806. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71583190-c5aa-012f-61a2-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1806). A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c : shewing the position of the American & British armies, before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27th, 1776 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71583190-c5aa-012f-61a2-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "A plan of New York Island, part of Long Island &c : shewing the position of the American & British armies, before, at, and after the engagement on the Heights, Aug. 27th, 1776" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/71583190-c5aa-012f-61a2-58d385a7bc34

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