Boston: Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775

The Situation Around Boston Following the Battle

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "An original sketch of the Burning of Charlestown & Battle of Bunker Hill. Taken by an English Officer from Beacon Hill Boston." New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library.

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Plan of the town of Boston and the circumjacent country shewing the present situation of the King's troops & the rebels' intrenchments, 25th July 1775" New York Public Library Digital Collections.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library.

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bunker Hill after the battle" New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Robert Sayer And John Bennett. The Seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer, with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775. Map. https://www.loc.gov/

Robert Sayer And John Bennett. The Seat of war in New England, by an American volunteer, with the marches of the several corps sent by the Colonies towards Boston, with the attack on Bunkers-Hill. London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775. Map. https://www.loc.gov/

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795. A Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. 1775. Map. Library of Congress.

Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795. A Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill. 1775. Map. Library of Congress.

In the wake of the battle, Capt. Joseph Palmer of the 2d Masschusetts Regiment wrote a letter to John Adams describing the fighting on 17 June and the subsequent dispositions of the British and colonial forces in and around the Charleston peninsula.Have you seen these links?

""Soon after the Regulars landed, they Set Fire to the Town of Charlestown, and that day, yesterday and this Day they have consumed most of the Houses as far as Penny-Ferry;5 and they have possession of all that part of Charlestown, and are encamped upon Bunker’s Hill; and we are encamped upon Prospect Hill, Winters Hill, and at the Bridge leading to Inman’s, Phips’s &c. Yesterday and this day, they have Cannonnaded us, but to no purpose; and our people, by Small Parties have picked off some of their out Guards: We expect another action very soon. Do send us Powder, and then we Shall, by the blessing of Heaven, soon destroy this Hornets Nest.""

Capt. Joseph Palmer to John Adams, 19 June 1775
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