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![A plan of the batteries erected in the front of the town of Halifax, 1755 [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOGIE2%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan showing the defensive batteries around Halifax about 6 years after the first European settled there. Shows the layout of the town, the Governor's house, store, ordinance and market buildings and the King's wharf.
mssHM 15423
![A plan and section of the Barbette Battery at Annapolis Royal, [cartographic material] / by Mattw. Dixon, engineer](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOICNW%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan depicting one of the gun turrets or barbettes in Annapolis Royal. Inset shows a cross section of the barbette.
mssHM 15421
![A plan of Fort Lyttleton at Port Royal in South Carolina [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOI3J9%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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".
mssHM 15399
![A plan of the battery and redout on the east side of the harbour of Halifax [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOI2U1%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan showing the early eastern defences of the settlement at Halifax. A profile of the battery is also depicted in inset, showing the outer rampart and covered galleries.
mssHM 15418
![Ichnographical plan of Albany [cartographic material] : design to stay within the old boundaries an [sic] to trace a line about it with several dispersed redouts](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4NU22II%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan of the fort and defenses at Albany, New York. An inset shows a profile of the trenches. Ground elevations are depicted pictorially with contours and shading. Design done by G.C. Wetterstrom, of the Royal American Regiment.
mssHM 15439
![Rough sketch of the lines at Saratoga [cartographic material] / by G. Bartman, engineer](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4NU2784%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan of the first fort and defenses at Saratoga, with the encampment of the 48th Regiment shown. An inset shows a profile of the defenses. The fort was located at the junction of the Hudson and Fish Kill rivers, and built during Johnson's march up the Hudson to Fort Edward and Fort William Henry. George Bartman was an aide-de-camp to Gen. Daniel Webb, who commanded the 48th. Drawn approximately 1757.
mssHM 15438