English: HMS Augusta (1763) and HMS Merlin (1757) aground and on fire, after the attack on fort Mercer, 23 October 1777; engraving, possibly by William Bradford (1719-1791)
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Fort Mercer, National Park, NJ 08063
Date
no later than 1791
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An old Philadelphian, Colonel William Bradford: the patriot printer of 1776, by John William Wallace, Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1884, p. 186-187.
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