About This Item

  • TitleMap of Brooklyn at the time of the Revolutionary War drawn by General Jeremiah Johnson.
  • Call NumberMAP_1775-02-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMap depicts roads, houses, estates, bridges, forts, ponds, creeks, etc. Text along the bottom describes the progress of battles and ships involved. Latest date mentioned on map is 1786. Text on lower margin reads: Lithograph by George Hayward, 120 Water St., N.Y, for D. T. Valentines' manual for 1858. Inscribed in pencil lower right: "Brooklyn: 1783". Similar to MAP_1775-04-01.
  • Date[1775-1786]
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 15.5 x 20.5 in.
  • Genrelithographsmaps (documents)
  • NoteLithograph torn in multiple places, repaired with tape.
  • CreatorJohnson, Jeremiah, 1768-1852
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 ; New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800.
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.