Cape Fear River, with the counties adjacent, and the towns of Brunswick and Wilmington, against which Lord Cornwallis, detached a part of his army, the 17th of January (1781)
Shows shoals and a few soundings at the entrance to the river, "Fort Johnson," the towns of Brunswick and Wilmington with the distance of each town from Charleston, S.C., and bridges and houses along the river.
Cape Fear River, with the counties adjacent, and the towns of Brunswick and Wilmington, against which Lord Cornwallis, detached a part of his army, the 17th of January laft Jno. Lodge, sculp. Map. London:J. Bew, Pater Noster Row, 1781. From Library of Congress, Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1512 Collection. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3902c.ar151200/ (accessed July 25, 2018).
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