Sketch of Dumplin Point with a project for a battery of 4 guns and a redout for 90 men; with a barrack in the battery

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Item Information

Title:
Sketch of Dumplin Point with a project for a battery of 4 guns and a redout for 90 men; with a barrack in the battery
Creator:
Aubant, Abraham d'
Name on Item:
Am: D'Aubant, commg engineer
Date:
[1770–1779]
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. ; 38.9 x 56 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:600.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map of the point showing the fortifications and the gun platforms and buildings in them.
Project for an outlying defensive position for Newport located on Conanicut Island to the west.
Clinton Map 99.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
841
Barcode:
B2848744