Manuscripts

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1757
Call number: mssHM 15414
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 306, 1924.
Dimensions: 52 x 109 cm
Associated people: Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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A draught of Fort Cumberland with the intrenchment & incampment of the 28th & 43d Regiments in October 1757 [cartographic material] / By Wm. Tongue

Manuscripts

A manuscript map showing Fort Cumberland, New Brunswick (formerly Fort Beauséjour).

mssHM 15413

Plan, elevation, and section of the barracks at Fort-George which contains 140 men [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing the plan, outer view and cross section of barracks 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. The fireplaces and brickwork are depicted in red ink. Kashnor attributes the map to James Gabriel Montresor, the British engineer, who drew several maps of Fort George in late June 1759.

mssHM 15457

Plan and sections of Fort-George. [cartographic material] : Built upon Hudson's River: A.D. 1757

Manuscripts

Manuscript plan showing Fort George, with barracks, storehouse, gate and gun platform depicted. Located along the Hudson River at the junction with the Fish Creek River. 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 15454

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

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 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

Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

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