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A PLAN of the City of ALBANY Shewing the Several works and Buildings made there in the Year 1756 & 57

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Former owner	Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner	Skinner, Monier
Date	[1757]
Publisher	[producer not identified]
Scale	Scale approximately 1:2,400
Language	English
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Fortification--Nova Scotia--Louisbourg--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Albany (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Albany Albany (county) Canada Louisbourg New York North and Central America Nova Scotia United States
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 34 x 42 cm
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Relief shown by hachuring and shading. Shows title and lettered key (A-N) inside simple surround at lower right. Compare Maps K.Top.121.42. Copy at Add Ms 33,231.NN.2. A roll - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at lower centre in black ink, "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner R. Eng.r by his father in 1872" and initialled (by William Skinner?). Red stamp of British Museum at lower right. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.