Manuscripts

Plan of the fort on Georges Island. [cartographic material]

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1757
Call number: mssHM 15455
Creator: Holland, Samuel (1728-1801)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 505, 1924.
Dimensions: 28 x 35 cm
Associated people: Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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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

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

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

Lower part of Hudson's river [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map showing the lower half of the Hudson River, and Hudson River Valley from "Niver Sinke" in New Jersey to the junction of the Paltz Creek and the Hudson. Shows the settlements of City of Amboy, Elisabethtown and others. Drawn by Samuel Holland, apparently based on an original plan executed by Cadwallader Colden, during his survey of patents.

mssHM 15445

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

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]

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