Manuscripts

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

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1759
Call number: mssHM 15454
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 504, 1924.
Dimensions: sheet 29 x 43 cm
Associated people: Montresor, James, (1704-1776,); Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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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

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 fort on Georges Island. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript plan, a copy by Samuel Holland, showing a fort on Georges Island. Kashnor, in the Museum Book Store catalog, locates Georges Island on the Hudson River, just above the junction with Fish Creek River in Saratoga County. The location of Georges Island, or its modern-day name has not been verified.

mssHM 15455

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.

mssHM 15414

Rough sketch of the lines at Saratoga [cartographic material] / by G. Bartman, engineer

Manuscripts

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

A sketch of the lower falls, and ferry of Saratoga, thirty six miles above Albany and nine miles below Fort Edward. [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript plan, a copy by Patrick Mackellar, and drafted probably around 1756, before the fort was built on Georges Island. Kashnor, in the Museum Book Store catalog, locates Georges Island on the Hudson River, just above the junction with Fish Creek River in Saratoga County. The location of Georges Island, or its modern-day name has not been verified.

mssHM 15458

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

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