A plan of the environs of Brooklyn showing the position of the rebel lines and defences on the 27th of August 1776.
Below scale bars at lower left: Drawn by Lieut: Geo: Sproule of the 16th Regimt. of Foot assist. engineer from a survey made by him in September 1776. Drawn in March 1781.; Finished, colored, topographical map giving details of the American defenses in Brooklyn and showing the outline of the Manhattan shoreline of the East River.; Table of references provides furher information and details of individual fortifications.; Notation added by General Henry Clinton at upper left regarding the absence of American fortifications on the water side of Brooklyn.
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