Manuscripts

A plan of Fort Lyttleton at Port Royal in South Carolina [cartographic material]

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Description: Manuscript map depicts layout of Fort "Lyttleton" [more commonly spelled "Lyttelton"] in Port Royal, South Carolina, showing the outline plan of the fort. Lines are drawn in red and black. An inset shows the canon elevations, with bar scale given as 2.75 inches = 40 feet (1:175). Signed: "Em. Hess, Lieut. in the Royal American Regiment".
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1779?
Call number: mssHM 15399
Creator: Hess, Emmanuel(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 79, 1924.
Dimensions: 28 x 43 cm
Associated people: Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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Fort Herkimer and environs [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map done by Emmanuel Hess depicting a portion of the Mohawk River with Canada Creek and showing Fort Herkimer (sometimes spelled "Herkemans") on the north bank, along with several outbuildings: barn, houses, church, etc. The map shows the outline of the old fort destroyed by Webb in his retreat from defeat at Oswego. Also shows the road to Albany.

mssHM 15448

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

A manuscript map showing Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick (formerly Fort Beauséjour). Copy by Charles Rivez; the "Explanation" is in another hand. The map shows the profile of the fortifications for several sections. Kashnor attributes the original to Richard Gridley.

mssHM 15414

Elevation of the store-house built at Fort-George: [cartographic material] which contains 2500 barrels of flower

Manuscripts

Manuscript plan showing outside, cross-section and top-view layout of the flour store house at Fort George. Located along the Hudson River at the junction with the Fish Creek River, the fort was later renamed Fort Hardy, which is located in modern day Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York. Kashnor attributes the map to James Gabriel Montresor, the British engineer, who drew several maps of Fort George in late June 1759.

mssHM 15456

Plan of the fort on Georges Island. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript plan, a copy by Samuel Holland, showing a fort on Georges Island. Kashnor, in the Museum Book Store catalog, locates Georges Island on the Hudson River, just above the junction with Fish Creek River in Saratoga County. The location of Georges Island, or its modern-day name has not been verified.

mssHM 15455

Plan of the South Fort at Halifax and the Fort of St. George's Island with three elevations. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing southern limits of Halifax, with the South Battery, the fort and number of mounted guns. Georges Island is depicted in detail with a proposed plan of fortifications. The island was named after King George II shortly after Halifax was settled by the British in 1749 and has been known as "George's Island" and more currently "Georges Island".

mssHM 15426

A plan of the Fort of Beau Seiour with the attack in Iune 1755 [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map depicting the Fort of Beauséjour, later Fort Cumberland and showing the road to Bay Vert. Copied by Samuel Holland, probably in 1756, from an original by John Brewse.

mssHM 15424

A plan of Fort Lyttleton at Port Royal in South Carolina [cartographic material]

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