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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](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO25K2%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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
![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](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4MO7W8P%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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
![Ichnographical plan of Albany [cartographic material] : design to stay within the old boundaries an [sic] to trace a line about it with several dispersed redouts](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4NU22II%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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Manuscript plan of the fort and defenses at Albany, New York. An inset shows a profile of the trenches. Ground elevations are depicted pictorially with contours and shading. Design done by G.C. Wetterstrom, of the Royal American Regiment.
mssHM 15439