PLAN FORT EDWARD

Sowers, Thomas

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[ca. 1759]

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Scale approximately 1:720

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Fort Edward
• New York
• North and Central America
• United States
• Washington (county)

1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 61 x 50 cm

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• Date suggested as barracks, a store house and bake ovens are shown on Rogers Island.
• Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
• Shows title at upper left in a simple surround incorporating the lettered key (a-g), which identifies buildings within Fort Edward, and the scale bar showing "Scale of 240 Feet".
• Names "Hudsons River".
• Shows "Garden" at lower right.
• Previous British Library cataloguing suggests Thomas Sowers as possible cartographer.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,711.7. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "7" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 62" in pencil at lower left and "A 28/66" at upper left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "9". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 28 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/66". Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield, surnounted by a crown, with "LVG" beneath.