. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . btain says: I began the attempt by creeping, under the conceal-ment of high grass, so nigh that I could ascertain that the workconsisted of a curtain crossing the entrance to the town, flanked bytwo bastions, and I ascertained the number of guns mounted onthe eastern bastion, when my further progress was rendered un-necessary by a deserter, who brought with him a rude plan of theentire work. My drawing was also shown to the General, andtheir correspondence proved that as far as I had gone I was cor-rect. This probably is the origin of the engravin
. Antique views of ye towne of Boston . btain says: I began the attempt by creeping, under the conceal-ment of high grass, so nigh that I could ascertain that the workconsisted of a curtain crossing the entrance to the town, flanked bytwo bastions, and I ascertained the number of guns mounted onthe eastern bastion, when my further progress was rendered un-necessary by a deserter, who brought with him a rude plan of theentire work. My drawing was also shown to the General, andtheir correspondence proved that as far as I had gone I was cor-rect. This probably is the origin of the engraving here shown of1 A View of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck by the Minis- 266 ANTIQUE VIEWS OF BOSTOS. teriaJ Army. The original from which this engraving was madeis a small vignette on a map, called A Plan of Boston and itsenvirons, 1775. Dedicated to John Hancock, Esq., President ofthe Continential Congress. This map of the Seat of the CivilWar in America is Respectfully inscribed, By his most Obedientand Humble Servant. B. j9 viewtft/ieLines throirn u/ion HOSTO/fJtECK byl/ie MinisterialJirtny. j Arwytnuy— HfKitt. V. BlocAhou/t «W4w/>SCu/rfVmu&ritiye / StmtmJ/ttl The other two illustrations, A Front View of the Lines, takenfrom the advanced posts near Browns House, and a View ofthe Country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced workson Boston Neck, are both reproduced by the Photo-ElectrotypeProcess, from J. F. W. Des Barres Coast Charts, Published ac-cording to Act of Parliament May 30, 177(5, for the use of theArmy and Navy in North America, then operating in and aroundBoston. Enoch Browns house and shop, of which mention ismade here, was situated on the west side of the highway, betweenBlackstone square and Rutland street, deserves mention as thescene of the only hostile encounter that has ever taken place with-in the original limits of Boston. The following letter, from theAmerican Camp at Roxbury, informs us that on July
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