| 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 | [ca. 1758] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:720 |
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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--Pennsylvania--Carlisle Barracks--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Military art and science--Pennsylvania--Carlisle Barracks--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Carlisle Barracks (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Carlisle
- Cumberland (county)
- North and Central America
- Pennsylvania
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; sheet 21 x 33 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 | - date attributed as fort was built in 1757 and its capacity as a supply fort increased in 1758 - this map shows many buildings (stores?) within the fort.
- Shows title at upper centre.
- Shows scale bar at centre left, "Scale of Feet" (60 to an inch).
- Shows a sketched profile through the fort (markd "b_c" on the map) at centre left.
- 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 57,714.6. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "6" in pencil at upper right. Shows "A 76" in pencil at lower right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "6". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/29" (and repeated in pencil). Paper shows a 'pro patria' watermark.
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