| Cartographer | Sowers, Thomas |
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| Former owner | Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 |
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| Former owner | Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |
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| Date | 1759 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:240 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Edward--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fort Edward (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Fort Edward
- New York
- North and Central America
- United States
- Washington (county)
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with wash ; 55 x 40 cm |
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| 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).
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| Notes | - Shows title at upper left in a decoratice cartouche incorporating a lettered key (A-H).
- Shows scale bar at lower left, "Scale of 20 Feet to an Inch".
- Compare Add Ms 57,711.9. - also showing the Blockhouse and by Thomas Sowers (although unsigned and undated) but lacking the elaborate title cartouche of this map.
- Copy at Add Ms 57,711.10. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "10" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 78" in pencil at lower left and "A 28/64" at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "8a". Manuscript annotation in pencil shows "Drawer 28 Section 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 28/64".
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