Section of the Citadel-Hill at Halifax : Showing the Progress made by the troops in leveling the same upon the line of 40 feet from the Heighest part

Bastide, John Henry, approximately 1700-1770

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

1761

J. H. Bastide.

J. H. Bastide,

Scale approximately 1:300

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Nova Scotia--Halifax--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Nova Scotia--Halifax--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Halifax (N.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Canada
• Halifax
• North and Central America
• Nova Scotia

1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 26 x 42 cm

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• Shows title centrally in black ink. The date (with the title) and Bastide's signature (at lower right) are shown in brown ink.
• Shows a lettered key beneath the title identifying locations and heights on the hillside.
• Shows a "Scale of 300 feet" at lower right.
• Shows "For his Excellency general Amherst" in brown ink at lower left.
• Copy at Add Ms 57,702.4. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXVII. Shows manuscript addition of "4" in pencil at upper right. Shows manuscript addition in pencil of "A 28/70" in pencil at lower left. Shows manuscript addition of "C 40" in pencil in margin at lower right. Evidence of old folds. White label to verso showing "DRAWER 28 SECTION 1". Additional manuscript addition in pencil to verso showing "13". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/70". Manuscript addition to verso in brown ink shows "general Amherst". Paper watermark shows "LVG" beneath a shield?