Plan of Part of Black River & Part of Otter Creek with the Distances by Computation

Wilson, Ensign

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1744–1760]

[Producer not identified]

Scale approximately 1:158,400

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Rivers--Vermont--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Vermont--Maps--Early works to 1800
• Otter Creek (Vt.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

• North and Central America
• Otter Creek
• United States
• Vermont

1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink, accompanied by 1 sheet of text ; 88 x 33 cm

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• Shows the Black River and Otter Creek with geographical detail on the banks of the river only.
• Date attributed as a fort is shows at the junction of the Black River with Connecticut River - "Fort No. 4", which was in use between 1744 and 1760. No towns are named on the Black River (Springfield was founded in 1760).
• Shows scale bar at lower left with four inches equal to 10 miles.
• Shows title at lower left with a list of distances beneath.
• Includes a separate sheet of manuscript text in ink providing a description of the area. The text concludes "Ensign Wilsons Report of the Riviere de la Garbe with a Sketch of the Survey of it".
• Copy at Add Ms 57,711.4. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVI. Comprises 2 sheets, joined. Shows manuscript addition of "4" in pencil at lower right. Shows "A 31" in pencil at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "1". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 29 SECTION 3". Blue label to verso shows "A 29/42". Manuscript addition to verso in pencil shows "A 31".