PLAN and SECTIONS of the Front of the Projected Hornwork at FORT CUMBERLAND with CASEMATES Proposed in the Curtain Capable of Containing 800 Men &c

Bruce, Robert George

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

1761

By R. G. Bruce Eng.r Nov.r 1761.

R. G. Bruce,

Scale approximately 1:240

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--New Brunswick--Fort Cumberland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--New Brunswick--Fort Cumberland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Cumberland (N.B.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Canada
• Fort Beauséjour National Historic Park
• North and Central America
• Province of New Brunswick

1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 75 x 54 cm

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• Shows title across the top of the map.
• Shows 9 drawings around the map of the projected hornwork, each showing a section through the projected hornwork.
• Shows "Scale 20 Feet to an Inch" at upper left.
• Compare other manuscript maps of Fort Cumberland by Robert George Bruce in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,701.12. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVI. Shows the red stamp of R.U.S.I. at lower right. Shows manuscript addition of "13" in pencil at upper right, "C13" at lower left and "A 28/62" at upper left. Laid on linen. Green circular sticker to verso with "5". Additional white label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 1". Additional blue label to verso showing "A 28/62". Paper watermark shows fleur de lys with "LVG" beneath.