Collection Items
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MapA chart of Delawar River from Bombay Hook to Ridley Creek, with soundings &c taken by Lt. Knight of the Navy Scale ca. 1:75,000. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "A plan of Delawar River from Chester to Philadelphia, shewing the situation of His Majesty's ships &c on the 15th Novr. 1777. Surveyed and sounded by Lieutenant John Hunter of the Navy," ca. 1:29,000, and index to defenses. Two copies. Copy 1, land areas done in a wash. Copy 2, outlined in yellow. Available also through...
- Contributor: Knight, John - Hunter, John - Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1779
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Map[The course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting the several works erected by the rebels to defend its passage, with the attacks made upon them by His Majesty's land & ... Scale ca. 1:32,400. Title from the author's The course of Delaware River ... 1778. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Shows soundings, disposition of ships, etc. Names "Fort Mifflin" and "Fort Mercer" added in a different hand. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stockadoes in the river." LC...
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapThe course of Delaware River from Philadelphia to Chester, exhibiting the several works erected by the rebels to defend its passage, with the attacks made upon them by His Majesty's land & ... Scale ca. 1:33,200. Hand colored. Shows soundings and disposition of ships, etc. Includes "A sketch of Fort Island" and "Profile and plan of the sunk frames or chevaux de frise which formed the stackadoes in the river." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1362 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Faden, William
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapPlan of part of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelphia, in which is mark'd the position of His Majs. ships on the 15th. of November 1777. The obstructions to the navigation ... Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1366 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. On verso: Delaware-River from Chester to Philadelphia, by Mr. Hunter, June 1778. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1
- Contributor: Hunter, John
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA map of the eastern part of the province of New York with part of New Jersey, &c. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia. Includes inset of Fort Frederick and illustrated cartouche. From the London Magazine, September 1756, vol. 25. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1038 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Kitchin, Thomas
- Date: 1756-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the governments of Trois Rivières, and Montreal: Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title in upper margin: A chorographical map of the country between Albany, Oswego, Fort Frontenac, and les Trois Rivières ... Drawn from authentic surveys by Thomas Jefferys, geographer to His Majesty. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Annotated on verso: Holland's map of New York & New Jersey, with part of Pennsylvania extending N. & South from Cape Hen[lo]pen...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Jefferys, Thomas - Sayer, Robert
- Date: 1768-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Longitude west from London." Shows township and county boundaries. Includes historical notes and insets of "A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York," "A plan of the city of New York," and "Plan of Amboy with its environs." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1042 Available also through the...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. LC copy deteriorated in margins. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--A plan of the city of New York.--Plan of Amboy, with its environs, from an actual survey. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1043 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Jefferys, Thomas - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. From Thomas Jeffery's American atlas. 1778. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--A plan of the city of New York.--Plan of Amboy, with its environs, from an actual survey. No. "17" stamped on verso, upper right corner. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1045 Available...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Pownall, Thomas - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1045 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--A plan of the city of New York.--Plan of Amboy, with its environs, from an actual survey. Vault AACR2:...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Pownall, Thomas - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr., Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. Two copies. Copy 1, on 2 sheets and only boundaries colored. Copy 2, sectioned and mounted on cloth backing and colored in. Both copies show the western boundary of Tryon County and the eastern boundaries of Cumberland and...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr. Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: New York. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1047 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4; 651/5; 700/2
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapA map of the Province of New-York reduc'd from the large drawing of that Province, compiled from actual surveys by order of His Excellency William Tryon, Esqr., Captain General & Governor of ... Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other copies: Western boundary of Tryon County and eastern boundaries of Cumberland and Glocester counties not colored. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. Appears in William Faden's The North American atlas. 1777. LC Maps of North...
- Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Ratzer, Bernard
- Date: 1776-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania and the province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Surveyor General of the Northern District in America. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudsons River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--Plan of Amboy with its environs from an actual survey.--A plan of the city of New York. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1046 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2:...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Broenner, Harry Lodowick - Pownall, Thomas - Contger, Henry
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapThe provinces of New York, and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania and the province of Quebec. Drawn by Major Holland, Surveyor General of the Northern District in America. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1046 LC copy imperfect: Upper corners missing. LC copy annotated "Presented to the Department of State by Benj. F. French January 1st 1834." Insets: [A chart of the month of Hudsons River, from Sandy Hook to New York]--Plan of Amboy with its environs from an actual survey.--A plan of the...
- Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Broenner, Harry Lodowick - Pownall, Thomas - Contger, Henry
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA map of the provinces of New-York and New-Yersey, with a part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth and paper backing. Prime meridian: New York. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy annotated in upper left margin: 8.11.4s.IV. Shows administrative divisions in New York and New Jersey. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1048 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Lotter, Matthäus Albrecht
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapA map of the provinces of New-York and New Jersey, with a part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth and paper backing. Prime meridian: New York. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions in New York and New Jersey. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1048 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
- Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Lotter, Matthäus Albrecht
- Date: 1777-01-01
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MapMappa geographica Provinciæ Nova Eboraci ab Anglis New-York dictæ ex ampliori delineatione ad exactas dimensiones concinnata in arctius spatium redacta cura Claudii Josephi Sauthier cui accedit Nova Jersey ex topographicis observationibus. Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Title in upper margin: Carte geographique des provinces Neu-York et Neu-Jersey en Amérique publié par les Heritiers de Homann 1778. Hand colored. Prime meridian: New York. Relief shown by hachures. Shows administrative boundaries in New York and New Jersey. Also shows portions of Pennsylvania and New England. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1049 Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: Homann Erben (Firm) - Sauthier, Claude Joseph
- Date: 1778-01-01
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MapA new and accurate map of the province of New York and part of the Jerseys, New England and Canada, shewing the scenes of our military operations during the present war : ... Relief shown pictorially. General map, does not show troop movements, battles, etc. From the Political Magazine, October 1780, vol. 1. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 176 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift ; Col. Martin ; November 3, 1931.
- Contributor: Lodge, John - Bew, John
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapOperations in America. No. 2. Scale ca. 1:13,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from verso in pencil. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Has watermark. Shows area west of the Hudson River and Staten Island. Shows place and settlers' names, fortifications, and principal fort at West Point called "Fort Arnold." Unfinished. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1065 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapA map containing part of the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, Scale ca. 1:126,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading. Shows area between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers, from Kingston, N.Y. to Trenton, including names of some property owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1053 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 650/3; 650/4; 700/1
- Contributor: Millidge, Thomas - Skinner, Andrew - De Lancey, Oliver
- Date: 1781-01-01
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Map[Powder horn with hand-drawn map of the Hudson River (above Albany), Mohawk River, Niagara region, and Lake Ontario in New York Province]. Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn. Present title devised by cataloguer. Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked. Has pewter pouring spout attached at narrow end and hinged pewter cap attached at wide end. Housed on wooden base covered by clear plastic box casement screwed-on to base at bottom. Photograph of this horn is in "Journal of the military...
- Date: 1770-01-01
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MapA sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army under the command of Vice Admiral the Rt. Hble. Lord Viscount Howe and Genl. Sr. Wm. Howe, K.B., in 1776 Scale ca. 1:130,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Depths shown by soundings. Centered on the Hudson River and New York Bay from Sandy Hook to Haverstraw. Includes index entitled "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1057 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated changing publication date to 1778, showing additional shoals...
- Contributor: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
- Date: 1777
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MapA draught of Lake George, and part of Hudson's River taken September 1756 Scale ca. 1:253,440. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1076 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 650/3
- Contributor: Loring, Joshua
- Date: 1756-01-01
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MapMap of Hudson's River, with the adjacent country. Appears in The Scots Magazine, 1777. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. LC maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 704 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Callender, Benjamin - Morse, Jedidiah
- Date: 1777-01-01