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Hawkes, W., fl. 1776 The Country twenty-five miles round New York

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02005 Author/Creator: Hawkes, W., fl. 1776 Place Written: London, England Type: Map Date: 1 November 1776 Pagination: 1 map ; 49 x 62 cm. Order a Copy

Irregular shaped paper. Engraving with letterpress chronological table of events from 1773-Oct. 1776, engraved by J. Barber and printed by W. Hawkes. Irregularly shaped. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 110, who notes that a later state is printed by Sayer & Bennett; Streeter Sale 2: 786.

Hawkes, W., fl. 1776

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