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"Progress of the Army from their landing till taking of possession of Philadelphia," 1777.
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Credit: Library of Congress

This extraordinary manuscript map shows General Howe's route of march north from the British landing at the top of the Chesapeake Bay at Elk River to Philadelphia in the fall of 1777.  It is attributed to Capt. John Andre, the British officer later executed in the Benedict Arnold affair.

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