A view from Boston looking south; with a British soldier holding a bayonet standing by a cannon in a battery on top of Beacon Hill in the foreground. Boston rooftops can be seen beyond the palisade with Castle William on the left; Dorchester Point and Dorchester Neck in the middle; and Dorchester on the right in the background.1775.From: A View of the country round Boston taken from Beacon hill: shewing the Lines; Ridouts & Different Encampments of the Rebels also those of his Majesty's Troops under the command of his Excellency Lieut. General Gage; Governor of Massachuset's Bay &c &c.Maps K. Top. 120.38. bLondon; British Library.