A journal : in part describing the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Title
A journal : in part describing the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
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Description
This journal, "kept by Lieutenant Williams of His Majesty's Twenty-third Regiment, 1774-1775," includes details of the battles and lists of casualties for the Revolutionary War. This journal also includes a description of the use of signal lights from the church belfries (pages 114-115), and several charming watercolor miniatures created by Wiliams who was a talented artist and map maker. Other parts of the journal describe Lt. Williams' European travels.
Physical description: 158 pages, 120 pages, 12 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile : 22 cm. In antiqued calf, with marbled paper covered boards, gilt stamped spine title and panel fillets, red speckled edges. Rebound in December 1961, by Robert Muma, binder's note pasted on recto of back free endpaper.
Physical description: 158 pages, 120 pages, 12 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile : 22 cm. In antiqued calf, with marbled paper covered boards, gilt stamped spine title and panel fillets, red speckled edges. Rebound in December 1961, by Robert Muma, binder's note pasted on recto of back free endpaper.
Contributor
Date
1774-1775
Subject
Source
A journal : in part describing the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Publisher
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Rights
Digital collection copyright 2016 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. This collection or portions thereof are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
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Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
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image/jpeg
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Citation
Williams, Richard (Lieutenant), “A journal : in part describing the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 12, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/77.