Description of New York Island, with a map : also of the dangerous passage called Hell-Gate

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  Map of New York Isld. with the adjacent rocks in the remarkable passage of Hell Gate [cartographic material] / by IBH, 1778

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map depicting New York Island [Manhattan]. Shows the location of the winter quarter barracks for the American troops which were burned when the British forces landed at Frog's Pt. The east view of Hell Gate passage is depicted at the bottom of the map, showing surveyors in the foreground and ships in the passage.

  mssHM 15400

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  Reviews of New Maps of Hell

  Manuscripts

  The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.

  mssAMS 1-1362

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  Map of New York I : with the adjacent rocks and other remarkable parts of Hell-Gate / by Thos. Kitchin Senr. Hydrographer to his Majesty

  Rare Books

  MS mat note: 150243. Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Mat verso: 306.

  150243

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  Map of the city of New-York and island of Manhattan : with explanatory remarks and references

  Rare Books

  101216

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  A map of the country round Philadelphia : including part of New Jersey New York Staten Island & Long Island

  Visual Materials

  Kashnor dates as ca. 1760. Jolly identifies as from Gentleman's Magazine, of Sept. 1776 [as does printing transfer on verso]. MS note: 729 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Jolly, Brit. Periodicals Gent-247. Verso Text: Text transfer.

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  Map of the Country round Philadelphia including part of New Jersey New York Staten Island & Long Island

  Visual Materials

  Kashnor notes, "a scarce war map." MS note: 121 (on backing). Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, British Statute. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned seal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 121 (on backing).

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