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Thousand Islands Tower

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Description: Elevated view of a round stone tower and a small stone courtyard on the bay in the Thousand Islands.
Photograph

Fort Jay

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Description: A view of artillery and guns at Fort Jay, built in 1794 to defend Upper New York Bay. The New York cityscape is across the bay.
Map or Atlas

A Plan of New York Island, with Part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey, with a Particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776

Date: 10 1776
Description: Broadside map showing the British invasion of New York city in August and September of 1776. The map shows important cities, forts, roads, hills, mountains...
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Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the County. Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge: Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and Part of Long Isladn & the Jersey Shore

Date: 11 1781
Description: Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ...
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Map of Interborough Rapid Transit System, Front

Date: 1923
Description: Color map of the "Interborough Rapid Transit System of Greater New York".

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