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

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  Geometrical plan of Fort Edward with his environs, [cartographic material] : the circumvallations line, water, mountains, valleys, hils [sic], meadows and woods. &. / Laid down by me, in the month Octobr. 1756 G.C. Wetterstrom, Capt. of R.A.R

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map showing Fort Edward a year after its construction and locates its strategic importance in the defense of New York during the French and Indian War. Inset map shows the profile of the battlements to the line of defence. Endorsed on [by Lord Loudon?]: "Plan of Fort Edward and its environs by Capt. Wetterstrom".

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  Plan of the Entrance of Chesapeak [sic] Bay, with James and York Rivers wherein is shown the Respective Positions (in the beginning of October) 1. of the British Army Commanded by Lord Cornwallis, 2. of the American and French Forces under General Washington, 3. and of the French Fleet under Count de Grasse

  Visual Materials

  Kashnor notes, "Exceedingly rare War Plan of the final action in the War of Independence. It shows Cornwallis cooped up in York by the American Army, and in Gloucester by the combined forces of Colonials and French. The French Fleet of thirty-two vessels under De Grasse has closed the entrance to York River, and the French ships under Barras hold the entrance to James River, dominate Fort George, and guard Barwell's Ferry. Only a few copies of this plan are known. The victory of Washington was a terrible blow to England, and it is doubtful whether the publisher sold enough copies to pay for his trouble in engraving. In any case, few people in England would wish to keep the map to remind them of a great failure." Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 152 (on backing).

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