Manuscripts

The course of the Creek taken by the order of His Excellency General Amherst. [cartographic material] / By Franc. Pfister, eng

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Description: Manuscript map showing the course of the Canada Creek (N.Y.) where it joins with Wood Creek to Roberts Hill, where it has its source. Canada Creek joins Wood Creek about 2 miles downstream from the strategic "Oneida Carry". The map is in part a memorial of General Amherst's efforts to capture Ticonderoga, Crown Point and Montreal in the French Indian War. It was during the Crown Point campaign that this map was drawn, probably to determine if there was another waterway from Wood Creek to Lake George. Strategic high and low land areas are noted, as well as places of encampment.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: Approximately 1761
Call number: mssHM 15475
Creator: Pfister, Francis (1740-1777)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 105, No. 1007, 1927.
Dimensions: 89 x 15 cm
Associated people: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, (1717-1797.); Kashnor, Leon, (1880-1955,)
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Carte du Lac St. Sacrement avec une partie du Lac Champlain depuis le Fort Frederic jusqu'au Sauts de la Riviere d'Orange ou de Hudson & forts batis nouvellement par les Anglois [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Detailed manuscript map depicting the area of Albany to Fort Saint Frederic or Crown Point during the Crown Point Expedition, 1755 in the French and Indian War. The map was drawn up by or for General Baron Jean-Armand Dieskau and was in his possession when he was captured by General William Johnson. Lac St. Sacrement was later renamed Lake George.

mssHM 15405

Map of manorial grants along the Hudson River, approximately 1726 [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript rough copy by Samuel Holland, approximately 1757, made from an original by Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776) following his initial survey in 1726. Documents the extensive New York land grants made by the Crown from 1684 and 1716. Is also an early depiction of the topographical layout of the area. The most southerly point depicted is at the 39th parallel and the most northerly the 43rd. The map encompasses territory from lower New Jersey to old Fort Burnett on the Hudson, north of Sarasota Lake. Two sheets stitched together.

mssHM 15440

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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Manuscripts

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

A plan of the Bay and Harbour of Gaspee in the Gulph of St. Lauren [cartographic material]

Manuscripts

Manuscript map depicting the Gaspé Bay and Cape, with ship soundings given for approach into the harbor and two drawings of landfall on either side. Executed approximately 1757, it appears to have been drawn up by the British forces while Gaspé was in French possession during the French and Indian War. The map has been attributed to Charles Rohr, an engineer with the British Forces.

mssHM 15408

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

The course of the Creek taken by the order of His Excellency General Amherst. [cartographic material] / By Franc. Pfister, eng

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