Map of a route through south west Pennsylvania from Fort Loudon, Franklin Co. to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh

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Map of a route through south west Pennsylvania from Fort Loudon, Franklin Co. to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh
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Item Information

Title:
Map of a route through south west Pennsylvania from Fort Loudon, Franklin Co. to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh
Title (alt.):
Forbes Road from Fort Loudon to Fort Pitt
Date:
[1763?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Forbes Road (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Westmoreland (county) > Forbes Road
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color 52 x 22 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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Scale:
Scale 1:380,160
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000599
Notes:
Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 673.
Variant title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection ... no. 12: A map of the country on the Ohio & Muskingum Rivers.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Oriented with north to the right.
Shows location of forts and road improvements.
Typed label on verso: Forbes Road from Fort Loudon to Fort Pitt. 1763?
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1304
Identifier:
ar130400