Manuscripts

General Braddock's Military Plans Captured by the French Before Fort Du Quesne

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Description: Three manuscript maps referred to General Braddock by Thomas Gage: "Plan of Fort Duquesne," The Environs of Fort Duquesne," and "Plan of Fort Cumberland;" housed in a blue buckram slip case.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1755.
Call number: mssHM 898
Creator: Braddock, Edward (1695?-1755)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from American Art Association sale, January 1925.
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