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Boston and Its Environs, 1775
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A Plan of the Town of Boston, 1775
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A Plan of Boston in New England with its Environs, 1777 Print. Engraved by Henry Jukes and published in London. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA. Full… » view » |
Loyalism was a siren call for the British. They were constantly bending their strategy to conform to the chimera of Loyalist support that was assumed to be there but somehow never materialized. Howe’s Philadelphia campaign and Burgoyne’s invasion from Canada, as well as the British strategy in the South, were based on the assumption that large numbers of Loyalists would rise in support, if only sufficiently encouraged and protected ...