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Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 A Chart of the Delawar [Delaware] River, etc. with military key

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03103.10 Author/Creator: Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 Place Written: London, England Type: Map Date: 1780 Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 85 cm, Width: 63 cm Order a Copy

Two views of the upper and lower river, showing the place of Philadelphia on it. Surveys from 1777. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 136.

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

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