A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia : shewing the works erected by the British forces for its defence, 1781
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Item Information
- Title:
- A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia : shewing the works erected by the British forces for its defence, 1781
- Creator:
- Stratton, James, (Engineer)
- Name on Item:
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Copied from the original of Lieut. Stratton, engineer
- Date:
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1782
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
- Location:
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- Collection (local):
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Library of Congress Collection
- Subjects:
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Fortification--Virginia--Portsmouth--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Harbors--Virginia--Portsmouth--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Portsmouth (Va.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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Portsmouth (independent city)
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript map : hand color 93 x 63 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- Scale:
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Scale ca. 1:95,000
- Language:
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English
- Catalog Record:
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https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71000689
- Notes:
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Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
Relief shown by shading.
- Identifier:
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ar145700