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A plan of Fort Montgomery & Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Genl. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B.

Title
  1. A plan of Fort Montgomery & Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Genl. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. / survey'd by Major Holland, Survr. Genl. &c.
Published by
  1. [London] : J.F.W. Des Barres, Esqr., 1st Jany. 1779.
Author
  1. Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801.

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Additional authors
  1. Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824.
  2. Knight, John
Description
  1. 1 map : hand col.; 39 x 75 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 812.
  2. Emmet Collection ; 8841.
  3. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Subject
  1. Fort Montgomery State Historic Site (Highlands, N.Y.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
  2. Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
  3. New York (State) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Maps > Early works to 1800
  4. Hudson Highlands (N.Y.) > Maps > Early works to 1800
Call number
  1. Map Div. 97-6173
Note
  1. Relief shown by shading and hachures.
  2. "Publish'd as the Act directs ... "
  3. From Des Barres' Atlantic neptune.
  4. Scale statement based on description in LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1191.
  5. Includes ancillary map overlapping main map: Part of Hudsons River, shewing the position of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton : with the chevaux de frieze, cables, chains, &c to obstruct the passage of His Majesty's forces up the river / by Lieutt. John Knight of the Royal Navy, in 1777. Scale [ca. 1:60,000]. Hand col. ; 45 x 30 cm. Depths shown by soundings.
Indexed in (note)
  1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789
  2. Phillips
Author
  1. Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801.
Title
  1. A plan of Fort Montgomery & Fort Clinton, taken by His Majesty's forces, under the command of Maj. Genl. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. / survey'd by Major Holland, Survr. Genl. &c.
Imprint
  1. [London] : J.F.W. Des Barres, Esqr., 1st Jany. 1779.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale [ca. 1:18,000]. Not [ca. 1:6,000] as depicted by bar scale.
Indexed in:
  1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1191
  2. Phillips 1198
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824.
  2. Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824. Atlantic Neptune.
  3. Knight, John. Part of Hudsons River, shewing the position of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 97-6173 [LHS 812]
  2. Map Div. 01-1761 [Filed with N.Y.S. Rev. War maps, Forts Clinton and Montgomery, N.Y. 1777]
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