Plan of Fort [Franklin] on French Creek : built by a detachment of the 1st U.S. Regt., 1787

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of Fort [Franklin] on French Creek : built by a detachment of the 1st U.S. Regt., 1787
Creator:
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791
Date:
1787
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Fort Franklin (Franklin, Pa.)--Maps
Places:
Pennsylvania > Venango (county) > Franklin
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 22.7 x 36.3 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:480.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, topographical, pen and ink map showing the ground plan of the fort and its immediately adjacent area.
See Heart to Harmar, June 1, 1787, Harmar Papers (Clements Library).
Map was accompanied by a three-page explanation describing this map and two of Heart's plans of Fort Franklin and including a key to the 34 numbered references on this plan.
The explanation is filed with: Map of the country adjacent to Fort [Franklin]...
Space left in title for name of the fort pending a decision by General Harmar.
Identifier:
5657
Barcode:
B2995290