Plan of the ground near New York [cartographic material] / Lt. Meyer

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  A chart of the coast of Nova Scotia from Port Maltois to Lawrence town [cartographic material] / Copeye'd by me E. Meyer Lt. of the 60, or Royal American Regt. 1757

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map showing details of the coast of Nova Scotia. Shows "Capt. Lieut. Lewis's march with a party of rangers to Luneburg in Feby. 1755 and from thence" which gives the track from Halifax. Also shows the roads from Halifax to Fort Sackville and on to Pisquid, Capt. Floyer's route to the Basin of Mines, and the "Indian Path to the Lakes, by wich [sic] and the River Chebenacadie they go to Quebecq." Elias Meyer was a lieutenant in the Royal American Regiment from 1756 to 1762 and was primarily employed as a mapmaker. --See Kashnor. Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, no. 307.

  mssHM 15415

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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".

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  A plan of Louisbourg [cartographic material]

  Manuscripts

  A manuscript copy, probably made around 1758. Shows detailed layout of the fortifications around Louisburg.

  mssHM 15411

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  Plan of the harbor of New York [cartographic material]

  Manuscripts

  Manuscript map rough draft by Samuel Holland and Charles Rivez, appears to be taken from an earlier map that depicts the period 1735. Related to William Bradford's map of the harbor, published in 1735.

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  A draught of Pasmaquidy bay and harbours taken in May 1756 [cartographic material] / B. Ratzer

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  Manuscript plan showing the harbors around Passamaquoddy Bay and the Bay of Fundy. The mouths of the Passamaquoddy and St. Croix rivers are depicted. Areas of safe anchorage are noted as well as known ship tracks. A note under the bar graph reads: "That those parts of this plan where the ships traks sounding are laid down may be safely depended on, but what leghs, rocks, or sundings there may be else I know not." Bernard Ratzer was a Lieutenant in the 60th Royal American Regiment.

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  Plan of Fort Cumberland [cartographic material]

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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.

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