[Map of Yorktown, Virginia]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10669 Author/Creator: Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Map Date: October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 28.3 cm, Width: 37.5 cm Order a Copy
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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