Plan of the fortified camp at Fort William Henry, 1756 [cartographic material]

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  Ichnographical plan of Schenectady. A. The Fort. B. Blockhouses .... [cartographic material] / Survey by me G.C. Wetterstrom, Albany 9 September 1756

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  Manuscript plan showing the fortifications around Louisburg.

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  Ichnographical plan of Schenectady, with a design to fortifie it. [cartographic material] : Calculation for the ground ... calculation in expenses... / Calculated by me G.C. Wetterstrom, Albany 9 September 1756

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  Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

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  Hudson River from Albany to Fort Edward shewing the situation of the several posts between those places, 1757 [cartographic material]

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