PLAN of the NEW FORT at PITTSBURGH November 1759

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PLAN of the NEW FORT at PITTSBURGH November 1759
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Item Information

Title:
PLAN of the NEW FORT at PITTSBURGH November 1759
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
[1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Pennsylvania--Fort Pitt--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--Pennsylvania--Fort Pitt--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Pitt (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Allegheny (county) > Pittsburgh
Extent:
1 map on 4 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 49 x 60 cm
Terms of Use:
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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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:1,200
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027390
Notes:
Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
Shows title in simple surround at upper left.
Shows lettered key in simple surround at upper right.
Shows profile views through the fort at below the map with their own scale bar (scale approximately 1:120).
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.NN.6. A roll comprising four sheets, joined - 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.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.