A PLAN OF THE RIVER KENNEBECK AS IT WAS SVRVEYED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETS BAY IN THE YEAR MDCCLXI From the Falls above FORT HALIFAX unto the Place where the Surveyor Mr John Small was killed, from his field book, with the addition of the lower part of the River, by Fra Miller Lieut


A PLAN OF THE RIVER KENNEBECK AS IT WAS SVRVEYED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETS BAY IN THE YEAR MDCCLXI From the Falls above FORT HALIFAX unto the Place where the Surveyor Mr John Small was killed, from his field book, with the addition of the lower part of the River, by Fra Miller Lieut
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Title:
A PLAN OF THE RIVER KENNEBECK AS IT WAS SVRVEYED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MASSACHUSETS BAY IN THE YEAR MDCCLXI From the Falls above FORT HALIFAX unto the Place where the Surveyor Mr John Small was killed, from his field book, with the addition of the lower part of the River, by Fra Miller Lieut
Surveyor:
Small, John
Surveyor:
Miller, Francis
Former owner:
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Date:
[1761]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Maine--Kennebec River--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Kennebec River (Me.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Kennebec (river)
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with grey wash ; 84 x 39 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [Producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale not given
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999743
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows title in a simple surround at upper left.
Shows decorative compass rose at lower right, orienting north to the top of the map.
Shows "KENNEBECK RIVER, "SAGADHOCK RIVER" and "ROYALS RIVER".
Shows forts "Brunswick", "Frankfort", "Western" and "Halifax".
Shows "Indian Carrying Place".
Extends northwards along the Kennebec River as far as present-day North Anson (?).
Compare maps by Small and Miller sold by Bonhams March 12th 2012 (see http://digital.turn-page.com/i/61715/177 - viewed October 2014).
Copy at Add Ms 57,711.2. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXVI. Shows manuscript addition of "2" in pencil at lower right. Shows "A 17" at lower left. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "11". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/85", and repeated in pencil. Annotation to verso repeats "A 17". Paper watermark shows a fleur de lys within a shield.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.