Plan of an intrench'd guard house at the north end of Howlands Neck, June 1777

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of an intrench'd guard house at the north end of Howlands Neck, June 1777
Title (alt.):
Particular plan of the post a, for sixty men, and one gun en barbette, nine miles and one half nne of Newport (Nr 5)
Creator:
Straton, James
Name on Item:
J Straton, lt of engineers
Date:
June 1777
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Newport (R.I.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Rhode Island > Newport (county) > Newport
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 41.2 x 60 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:1,200. Scale of inset 1:120.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map showing the fortification and its immediate surroundings, with an inset providing a ground plan of the entrenchment and a floor plan of the guard house.
Part of the outer defenses of Newport and located at the north end of the island of Rhode Island.
Clinton Map 73.
Identifier:
8369
Barcode:
B2849758