Archibald Robertson maps

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unitid

{"value"=>"2589", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 2589", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1790-ca. 1830", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1790/1830"}

date_inclusive_start

1790

date_inclusive_end

1830

keydate

1790

date_start

1790

date_end

1830

unittitle

{"value"=>"Archibald Robertson maps"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 linear feet (1 oversize case)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Archibald Robertson (ca.1745-1813) served in the British Army during the American Revolution as an officer in the Royal Engineers. Collection consists of six maps attributed to Archibald Robertson. Maps are chart of the approaches to Boston Bay in Mass., 1776; Copy of Miller's \"Plan of the roads between Boston and Albany\" N.Y., 1765; British military map of New York City from Kips Bay to McGowan's Pass, 1782; Battle of White Plains, N.Y., 1776; Paoli, Chester County, Penn., 1777; and British troops near Charleston, South Carolina, and vicinity, 1780."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Archibald Robertson maps, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Robertson, Archibald, ca. 1745-1813", "type"=>"persname"}

extent_statement

2 linear feet (1 oversize case)

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1. 1) British chart of the approaches to Boston Bay, showing soundings
2. 2) Miller, Francis
3. 3) New York City
4. 4) N. Y. White Plains, Battle of 1776
5. 5) Pennsylvania - Paoli, Chester Co
6. 6) South Carolina- Charleston and vicinity