A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt

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A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt
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Title:
A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt
Title (alt.):
Red Stone and Fort-Pitt
Map of the Alleghany & Monogahela river region with approaches to Fort Pitt
Creator:
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Contributor:
Crawford, William, 1732-1782
Name on Item:
given to me by Cap. Crawfd.
Date:
[ca. 1780]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Pennsylvania--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
West Virginia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Ohio River Watershed--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Pitt (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Pittsburgh Region (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Extent:
1 manuscript map on sheet 60 x 42 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 ca. 1:600,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/74692581
Notes:
Title from verso.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink.
Relief shown pictorially.
The title, land tract boundaries with owners' initials, and some place names have been identified as annotations by George Washington made ca. 1780. The author and date of the manuscript map is not known; reference sources indicate between 1758 and 1771.
Shows Ohio River watershed in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Notes (citation):
Phillips. Maps of America p. 713
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1332
Identifier:
ct000360