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![Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOI985%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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
![A plan of the Fort of Beau Seiour with the attack in Iune 1755 [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO7HCU%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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
![Plan and sections of Fort-George. [cartographic material] : Built upon Hudson's River: A.D. 1757](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO7KI8%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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
![Hudson River from Albany to Fort Edward shewing the situation of the several posts between those places, 1757 [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO74O1%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript map showing the Hudson River from its lowest point at Norman's Kill, just below Albany, to Lake George. Fort William Henry is shown but not named, indicating that the map was drawn after August 1757 when the fort was surrendered to French troops and destroyed.
mssHM 15409
![Fort Herkimer and environs [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MOZHBU%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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, elevation, and section of the barracks at Fort-George which contains 140 men [cartographic material]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO2YCR%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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