Plan of the Incampement at Fort Edward

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Plan of the Incampement at Fort Edward
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Item Information

Title:
Plan of the Incampement at Fort Edward
Former owner:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date:
[ca. 1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Washington (county) > Fort Edward
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 16 x 26 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [Producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999743
Notes:
Date suggested from previous British Library cataloguing.
Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
North is oriented to the left of the map and is indicated by a compass arrow.
shows title at upper left.
Shows Fort Edward.
shows and names the troops in the encampment surrounding Fort Edward.
Copy at Add Ms 57,711.8. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "8" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 65" in pencil at lower right and "A 28/67" at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "10". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 28 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/67".
Notes (date):
9999