PLAN OF Fort AUGUSTA in the Province OF Pansilvania

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[ca. 1760]

[Producer not identified]

Scale approximately 1:360

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Susquehanna River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Susquehanna River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Augusta (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Susquehanna River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• North and Central America
• Northumberland (county)
• Pennsylvania
• Sunbury
• Susquehanna River
• United States

1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 51 x 45 cm

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• Date attributed on stylistic grounds and based on other forts shown on inset map (Fort Harris, Fort Halifax and Fort Augusta are shown within the wider environs of the Susquehanna River).
• Shows title at lower right above inset map of wider environs. Title also incorporates lettered key (A-D).
• Shows a profile through the fort at lower left (marked A-B on the map).
• Shows scale bars lat lower left"Scale of the Profil" and "Scale of the Plan".
• A decotative compass rose and arro indicate north on the map and the direction of flow of the River Susquehanna.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,714.5. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "5" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 30/23" in pencil at upper left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "2". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/23". Paper watermark shows a "IVILLIADARY".