PLAN of a POST for 430 men on the Rocky Ground formerly Retrenched at LAKE GEORGE 1759

Brasier, William

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

1759

W. B. 26 June 1759.

W.B.,

Scale approximately 1:480

English

British Library

British Library Collection

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

• Lake George
• New York
• North and Central America
• United States
• Warren (county)

1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 44 x 39 cm

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• Relief shown by shading.
• See Brasier's map of Fort George as a whole for comparing the position of this post (located north of the fort, closer to the shore of Lake George) to the fort itself (see Add Ms 57,712.6.).
• Shows title at upper left. Title originally showed "... for 500 men ..." - 500 is crossed through and replaced with 430.
• Shows a lettered key (A-K) beneath the title.
• Shows William Brasier's initials and the date at lower left.
• Shows a scale bar at lower centre, "Scale 40 foot to an Inch".
• Shows a rough calculation, in ink, of the number of men at lower left.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,712.7. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVII. Shows manuscript addition of "7" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 3" in pencil at lower right and "A 30/21" in pencil at lower left and upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Evidence of old folds. Green circular label to verso shows "18". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/21". Paper watermark obscured.