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Plan of the siege of Charleston in South Carolina

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57401480


Item data

Title

Plan of the siege of Charleston in South Carolina

Collection

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

Names

Hayward, George, approximately 1800- (Lithographer)
Scribner, Charles, 1821-1871 (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1860 (Questionable)
Place: New York
Publisher: C. Scribner

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 17-5317

Subjects

Fortification -- South Carolina -- Charleston
Charleston (S.C.)
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1780
South Carolina -- Charleston
Siege of Charleston (South Carolina : 1780)

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: Problaby extracted from: Diary of the American Revolution : from newspapers and original documents / Frank Moore. New York : Charles Scribner, 1859-1860. v. 2, p. 258.
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ;18 x 21 cm

Abstract

Shows American fortifications, place names, British fleet positions, roads and vegetation. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward upper left.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 72668444
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20646355
Folder number: US227.1.01
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a9ae27e0-5399-0135-0419-03550d51638c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1860

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the siege of Charleston in South Carolina" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9ae27e0-5399-0135-0419-03550d51638c

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1860). Plan of the siege of Charleston in South Carolina Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9ae27e0-5399-0135-0419-03550d51638c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the siege of Charleston in South Carolina" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a9ae27e0-5399-0135-0419-03550d51638c

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