Plan of a fortification who seems necessary on Shutters Folly Island to second the firing of Fort Johnson on any vessel that might have forced her passage through Fort Moultrie & would fetch a passage through the sand bank that extends from Charlestown Point to Shutters Folly : this fortification may easily be erected with (fassing) of sand & wood under which mines could be managed for in case of need have her destroyed ... presented to his excellency Edward Ruttledge ...

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Title:
Plan of a fortification who seems necessary on Shutters Folly Island to second the firing of Fort Johnson on any vessel that might have forced her passage through Fort Moultrie & would fetch a passage through the sand bank that extends from Charlestown Point to Shutters Folly : this fortification may easily be erected with (fassing) of sand & wood under which mines could be managed for in case of need have her destroyed ... presented to his excellency Edward Ruttledge ...
Title (alt.):
Draught of elevation of a battery on an angle of the fortification constructed of wood and sand bearing 14 feet above the surface of the sea without including her foundation
Creator:
Philip, Pierre
Name on Item:
Pre Philip
Date:
[1770–1779]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Maps
Shutes Folly Island (Charleston, S.C.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800
Places:
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Shutes Folly Island (island)
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 42.3 x 50 cm
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:1,540.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Proposed fortification for island in Charleston harbor.
Inset shows elevation of battery wall.
Clinton Maps 315.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
8318
Barcode:
B1938682