Fort Herkimer and environs [cartographic material]

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

  Manuscripts

  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

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  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.

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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

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map showing the fortifications of Schenectady shortly after Montcalm had captured and destroyed Oswego. A small fort is depicted to the Northwest and there are stockades around the town with blockhouses, bastions and gates. Shown with red and brown wash. The King's road is shown coming from the south gate, and the road to Albany coming from the south east gate. The defense of Schenectady was a top priority in the fall of 1756.

  mssHM 15459

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

  Manuscripts

  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

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  Map of the province of New York showing settlements along the Hudson and the Mohawk, with distances from Albany [cartographic material] / draft by Charles Rivez

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  Manuscript map done by Charles Rivez, approximately 1756. Depicts the roads and water routes from New York up the Hudson to Fort Edward and beyond to Wood Creek, and Lake Ontario to the west. The roads depicted here were used by Shirley in his march from Albany to Oswego during his attempt to attack Niagra, and those used by Sir William Johnson on his way to Lake George.

  mssHM 15447

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  Geometrical plan of Fort Edward with his environs, [cartographic material] : the circumvallations line, water, mountains, valleys, hils [sic], meadows and woods. &. / Laid down by me, in the month Octobr. 1756 G.C. Wetterstrom, Capt. of R.A.R

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map showing Fort Edward a year after its construction and locates its strategic importance in the defense of New York during the French and Indian War. Inset map shows the profile of the battlements to the line of defence. Endorsed on [by Lord Loudon?]: "Plan of Fort Edward and its environs by Capt. Wetterstrom".

  mssHM 15443