A plan of the river Ohio from Fort Pitt to the Mississipi : by order of ye chief engineer

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Item Information

Title:
A plan of the river Ohio from Fort Pitt to the Mississipi : by order of ye chief engineer
Contributor:
Brasier, William
Creator:
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789
Name on Item:
Tho: Hutchins assist. draughtsman
Date:
[1766]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Ohio River--Maps
Ohio--Maps
Pennsylvania--Maps
West Virginia--Maps
Kentucky--Maps
Indiana--Maps
Illinois--Maps
Places:
Ohio River
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 83.2 (irregular) x 183.5 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:570,240.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Brasier has been suggested as draftsman, presumably from style.
Finished, colored, topographical strip map of the Ohio River based on data collected by Hutchins during a journey down the river with chief engineer Captain Harry Gordon in the summer of 1766.
Important features and landmarks along the route are identified.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8236
Barcode:
B2384807