[Map of Yorktown, Virginia]

GLC02437.10669

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GLC#
GLC02437.10669-View header record
Type
Maps
Date
October 1781
Title
[Map of Yorktown, Virginia]
Place Written
Yorktown, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 28.3 cm, Width: 37.5 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Drawn map of Yorktown, Virginia. Shows roads, rivers, and other land markings, but not fortifications. With Cornwallis autograph note written across the front: "you will deliver the town immediately." Likely created by the British right before the October 1781 siege by the Americans.

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