An east view of Fort [Franklin] on French Creek

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Item Information

Title:
An east view of Fort [Franklin] on French Creek
Creator:
Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791
Date:
[1787]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Flags--United States--Pictorial works
Fort Franklin (Franklin, Pa.)--Maps
Places:
Pennsylvania > Venango (county) > Franklin
Extent:
1 ms. view : col. ; 15.9 x 20.7 cm.
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored sketch of Fort Franklin.
See Heart to Harmar, June 25, 1787, Harmar Papers (Clements Library).
Space left in title for name of the fort pending a decision by General Harmar.
Composition includes detailed rendering of U.S. flag.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
230
Barcode:
B2995255