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americas 118 Very Scarce Plan Of Philadelphia In 1776 EASTBURN, Benjamin. 'A PLAN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, the CAPITAL of PENNSYLVANIA, from an ACTUAL SURVEY BY BENJAMIN EASBURN, SURVEYOR-GENERAL; 1776. LONDON Publishd, as the Act directs, 4.th November 1776, by Andrew Dury, Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane.' 'P. André Sculp.' London: Andrew Dury, 4th November 1776; copperplate engraving, border: 496 x 670 widest: 499 x 670 platemark: 517 x 688mm, in black and white. Light browning of the paper from old framing; short tear from the right hand border restored. Amidst the general discontent in the years before the American Revolutionary War, t<strong>here</strong> were calls to convene a congress to present American grievances to the British Crown. The First Continental Congress met in September 1774, in Philadelphia's Carpenters' Hall. With the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House in May 1775, setting in motion the meetings that led to the Promulgation of the Declaration of Independence on 4th July 1776. This fine plan of the city was published in London four months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, albeit engraved and published by two French émigrés, Andrew Dury and Peter André, presumably both of Huguenot extraction. This second state has André's name inserted outside the lower border. The plan is copied from Nichols Scull's survey, published in Philadelphia in 1762. Curiously, Dury's draughtsman has credited this derivative to Benjamin Eastburn, Scull's predecessor as Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania, source of a small inset on Scull's plan, not to Scull himself, who is clearly identified as surveyor on the American original. Nebenzahl: Atlas of The American Revolution, map 27; Tooley: Mapping Of America, pl.131; Snyder: Philadelphia, 44. £10,000 86
119 Rare Plan Of Philadelphia FADEN, William Jr. 'A PLAN of the CITY and ENVIRONS of PHILADELPHIA, with the WORKS and ENCAMPMENTS of His MAJESTY'S Forces under the Command of Lieutenant General SIR WILLIAM HOWE, K.B. LONDON. Engraved and Published as the Act directs by W.M FADEN, Charing Cross, January 1.st 1779. [key].' London: William Faden Jr., January 1st. 1779; copperplate engraving, border: 521 x 476 widest: 590 x 476 platemark: 622 x 496mm, in black and white, with troop positions coloured. The paper browned from old framing, the centrefold worn, with a short tear into the printed area at right. The capture of the Delaware River forts in 1777 confirmed British control of Philadelphia, and represents a low point in the American struggle for independence. However, in the northern theatre, General Sir John Burgoyne's British Army was forced to surrender at Saratoga in October 1777, and this helped bring France into the war on the American side. This fine plan of Philadelphia depicts the British defences around the city, as constructed by Lieutenant General Sir William Howe in early 1778. However, by the time this plan was published, Howe had been replaced as British commander in the Americas by Sir William Clinton, on 8th May 1778. Then, fearing that the French would blockade the Delaware, Clinton abandoned Philadelphia on 18th June, and withdrew his troops to New York. On 2nd July, the American Congress reassembled for the first time at Philadelphia, with their meeting place, the Court House, designated 'A' in the key. Nebenzahl: Printed Battle Plans Of The American Revolution, 128; Snyder: Philadelphia, 88 (fig.59); British Library, American War Of Independence, 124 (ill). £15,000 87 americas
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ENGLAND 30 Very Scarce Game Map Of
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32 Very Scarce Road Map Of England
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