A View of Boston, Taken on the Road to Dorchester

by J. F. W. Des Barres, after William Pierie

$15,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Rare view of Boston from the road to Dorchester, published shortly after George Washington's first victory of the American Revolution. Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, American troops laid siege to Boston. Strategically, Dorchester Heights offered commanding views of both Boston town and harbour. On March 4, 1776, under the cover of darkness and with batteries firing from Roxbury and Cambridge to provide a diversion, George Washington moved canon captured at

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