SKETCH of FORTS CLINTON & MONTGOMERY Stormed 6.th October 1777 by the Troops under the Command of Sir Henry Clinton K.B. L.t General of His Majesty's forces and Commander in Chief of NEW YORK and its Dependencies

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SKETCH of FORTS CLINTON & MONTGOMERY Stormed 6.th October 1777 by the Troops under the Command of Sir Henry Clinton K.B. L.t General of His Majesty's forces and Commander in Chief of NEW YORK and its Dependencies
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Title:
SKETCH of FORTS CLINTON & MONTGOMERY Stormed 6.th October 1777 by the Troops under the Command of Sir Henry Clinton K.B. L.t General of His Majesty's forces and Commander in Chief of NEW YORK and its Dependencies
Associated name:
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795
Former owner:
Frazer, Sir Augustus Simon, 1776-1835
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date:
[1777]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site (Highlands, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Clinton (Rockland County, N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Orange (county) > Fort Montgomery
Fort Clinton
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 61 x 106 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:IAMS040-001999748
Notes:
Relief shown by shading
Shows title at upper right
Shows position and movements of troops
Shows Fort Clinton, Fort Montgomery and Fort Independence
Shows vessels on the Hudson River
Compare the similar manuscript map: "Sketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, stormed the 6th Octob. 1777 by the troops under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., Lt. General of H. Maj. forces and commander in chief of New Yorck and its dependencies" held by the Library of Congress (Call Number G3804.F5865S3 1777 .S5).
Copy at Add Ms 27,715.6. Manuscript "6" added in pencil at upper right and "B/153" at lower left. "No 347" added in black ink at lower left. Evidence of old folds. Laid on archival tissue. "No 347" repeated in ink to verso. Blue label to verso showing "B453".
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.