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Position of the detachment under Lieut. Coll. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington: shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777

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Title

Position of the detachment under Lieut. Coll. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington: shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
States
Vermont

Names

Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794 (Cartographer)
Faden, William, 1749-1836 (Engraver)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1780 (Inferred)
Place: London
Publisher: Published as the Act directs Feby. 1st 1780, by W. Faden Charing Cross

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5385

Subjects

American Revolution (1775-1783)
Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777
Vermont -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Walloomsac River Valley (Vt. and N.Y.)
United States
New York (State)
New York (State) -- Bennington
Vermont

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Drawn by Lieut. Durnford, engineer ; engraved by Wm. Faden, 1780.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 28 x 34 cm

Abstract

Shows deployment of divisions; roads, rivers, forests, fields and camps. Relief shown by hachures. Walloomsac river valley, in the states of New York and Vermont.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 43217314
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20646423
Folder number: US235.2.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 728938b0-efbe-0134-8350-4dfef31d312d

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1780

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Position of the detachment under Lieut. Coll. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington: shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/728938b0-efbe-0134-8350-4dfef31d312d

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1780). Position of the detachment under Lieut. Coll. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington: shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/728938b0-efbe-0134-8350-4dfef31d312d

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Position of the detachment under Lieut. Coll. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington: shewing the attacks of the enemy on the 16th August 1777" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/728938b0-efbe-0134-8350-4dfef31d312d

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