PLAN of the COMMUNICATION from TOWNSHIP No 8 to CATARAQUI as Surveyed by M.r Louis Kott Dep.t Prov.l Surv
Outline map of the Saint Lawrence River from "Cataraqui" (Fort Cataraqui, present-day Kingston, Ontario) to "The Boundary line of Township No 8 N 24 W" (Township No 8, Elizabethtown, present-day Brockville, Ontario?).
Metadata
Surveyor
Kott, Louis
Cartographer
Tuffie, Samuel, 1702-1759
Papermaker
Whatman, James
Associated name
Humfrey, Lieutenant
Former owner
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date
[1783]
Name on Item
Sam Tuffie.
Publisher
Sam Tuffie,
Scale
Scale approximately 1:84,000
Language
English
Location
British Library
Collection (local)
British Library Collection
Subjects
United Empire loyalists--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Saint Lawrence River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places
North and Central America
Saint Lawrence River
Extent
1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 46 x 67 cm
Terms and License
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes
Date attributed based on subject matter - the settling of the United Empire Loyalists.
Shows title centrally on the map.
Shows scale lower left, "Scale of Seven Statue Miles".
Signed at lower left "Sam Tuffie".
Shows an arrow orienting north to the top of the map.
The only toponym given is "Cataraqui".
Copy at Add Ms 57,707.8. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXII. Shows manuscript addition of "8" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 28/73" in pencil at lower left and "N2360" at lower centre (crossed through). Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso showing "34". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 2". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/13". Paper watermarks shows a coat of arms. Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield and countermark is "J. WHATMAN". Manuscript annotation in ink to verso reads "Presented to the United Service [illegible] by Lieut Humphrey 88 Regt" and an additional title is given, "Plans of the River S.t laurence from Pt au bodel on Lake S.t Francos to Cataraqui".