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FADEN, William (1749-1836). A Plan of New York Island with Part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with a particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island... on the 27th August 1776 between His Majesty's Forces ... and the Americans. London: W. Faden 1776
FADEN, William (1749-1836). A Plan of New York Island with Part of Long Island, Staten Island & East New Jersey, with a particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island... on the 27th August 1776 between His Majesty's Forces ... and the Americans. London: W. Faden 1776 Engraved broadside and map of the British Invasion of New York City, colored by a contemporary hand, image 508 x 443 mm (773 x 575 mm sheet with text). (Some light browning and marginal staining.) Framed. State 3 of Faden's broadside map providing a contemporary account of the battle of New York in August and September of 1776, published just weeks after the battle. Nebenzahl, Atlas of the American Revolution , 12; Nebenzahl, Printed Battle Plans 107; Tooley p. 75.