Plan of Detroit with its environs

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Item Information

Title:
Plan of Detroit with its environs
Creator:
Montrésor, John, 1736-1799
Date:
[ca. 1764]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765--Maps
Detroit (Mich.)--Maps
Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.)--Maps
Places:
Michigan > Wayne (county) > Detroit
Detroit River
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 34.2 x 54 cm
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Scale:
Scale 1:14,400.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Signed below neat line at right: By John Montresor chief engr on ye expedn.
Above neat line at left in Montresor's hand: To Sir Jeffery Amherst.
Copy of Montresor's 1763 survey, probably made in 1764 when he was chief engineer on Bradstreet's expedition to Detroit.
Identifier:
606
Barcode:
B1939959