FORT AT IUNIATA

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1758–1763]

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Scale approximately 1:720

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Pennsylvania--Fort Juniata Crossing--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Pennsylvania--Fort Juniata Crossing--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Juniata Crossing (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Bedford (county)
• Juniata Crossing
• North and Central America
• Pennsylvania
• United States

1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; sheet 33 x 42 cm

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• Date attributed based on location shown (Fort Juniata Crossing was constructed in 1758).
• Relief shown by shading.
• Shows title at upper centre.
• Shows scale bar at upper centre (60 feet to an inch).
• Shows a sketched profile through the fort (marked "a-b" on the map) at upper centre.
• Compare maps by the same hand - see Add Ms 57,714.6 / Add Ms 57,714.7 / Add Ms 57,714.8 / Add Ms 57,714.9 / Add Ms 57,714.10 / Add Ms 57,714.11.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,714.9. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "9" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 74" in pencil at lower right and "A 30/46" at upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "22". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/46". Paper shows a 'pro patria' watermark and a countermark.