Collection Items

  • Map
    A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys... Scale ca. 1:800,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Shows the Canadian-United States border from Lake Ontario along the St. Lawrence River to 45⁰ N. latitude, east to the Connecticut River, and northeast along the "Height of the land." Coverage of areas away from the boundary is focused upon the southern portion of Quebec and the northern portion of New York State,...
    • Contributor: Faden, William - Sauthier, Claude Joseph
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    Marche de l'armée française de Providence à la Rivière du Nord. Scale ca. 1:200,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 830 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Accompanied by manuscript text: Itinéraire du march que l'armée dois faire poursuivre de la Providence à la Rivière du Nord. 11 p. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4
    • Date: 1781-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of part of the River Delaware from Chester to Philadelph... 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
  • Map
    A sketch of the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army un... 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
  • Map
    A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Poin... Scale ca. 1:400,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows naval actions at Valcour Island and Buttonmold Bay in Oct. 1776. From the publishers' The American military pocket atlas. [1776] Includes indexes to points of interest and descriptive text. Includes text, "Explanation of the engagement, between Valcour Island, and the Western Shore, October the 11th. 1776," and inset "A particular plan of Lake George...
    • Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Jackson - Brasier, William
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    [Fort Edward to Crown Point. Scale ca. 1:250,000. Title from manuscript catalog of the Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. In pencil: No. 26. "The original of this plan was found with General de Diskau when he was taken prisoner." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1; 651/2; 650/3
    • Contributor: Dieskau, Jean Hermant
    • Date: 1755-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the attack on Fort William Henry and Ticonderoga; sho... Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to an in. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 852. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 650/2
    • Contributor: [Montrésor, James Gabriel]
    • Date: 1757-01-01
  • Map
    The seat of action, between the British and American forces; ... Scale ca. 1:215,000. Hand colored. Has watermarks. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1146 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Holland, Samuel - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the attack on the provincial army on Long Island, Aug... Scale ca. 1:100,000. Manuscript title on verso: Attack Long Island, 1776. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1148 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Bowles, John
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    A survey of Frog's Neck and the rout[e] of the British Army t... Scale 1:24,000; 2,000 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Includes "References to the plan." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1152 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100
    • Contributor: Blaskowitz, Charles
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    Reconnoissance, juillet, 1781. Scale ca. 1:75,000. Title on verso: Frog's Pointe. Manuscript title from label on verso as originally mounted: Plan d'une batterie de Long Island, destinée à battre le continent [i.e. Frog's Pointe] Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows command of "Frogs Pointe" by a battery and two other points on Long Island. LC...
    • Date: 1781-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the position which the army under Lt. Genl. Burgoyne ... Scale ca. 1:108,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1178 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    Position of the army on the 8th Octbr. 1777. Scale ca. 1:7,200. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows British and German troop positions. Includes key to the military units. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1179 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    [Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Ex... Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved copy published by William Faden, 1780. (Faden 68). Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1180 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650
    • Contributor: Wilkinson, William Cumberland
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    [Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Ex... Scale ca. 1:14,400. Title from engraved map published by William Faden, 1780. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1181 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650
    • Contributor: Wilkinson, William Cumberland
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    The encampment & position of the army under His Excy. Lt. Gl:... Scale 1:7,200; 200 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Four views: View 1. "1st & 2d positions of that Part of the Army Engaged on the 19th of Sept. 1777..." View 2. "3d & 4th Position 19th Sept. 1777." View 3. "Position of the Detatchment &c. &c. in the Action...
    • Contributor: Wilkinson, William Cumberland
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Exc... Scale ca. 1:14,400. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650
    • Contributor: Wilkinson, William Cumberland
    • Date: 1780-01-01
  • Map
    Skecth [sic] of the road from Kings Bridge to White Plains. Scale ca. 1:32,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads in Westchester and Bronx counties, New York and Hessian military units in Westchester County, some in more than one location. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1170 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1778-01-01
  • Map
    S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the r... Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Johnson, William - Rogers, Robert
    • Date: 1755-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the fort and fortress at Crown Point with their envir... Scale 1:7,200; 200 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "References." Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1759-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, stormed the 6th Octob. ... Scale ca. 1:11,700. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of troop movements and military units. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1193 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of Forts Clinton & Montgomery, Scale ca. 1:11,700. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Pictorial map. Shows area from Stony Point where British troops landed to above Fort Montgomery, routes of troop movements and military units. Sheet 72 annotated in pencil: Attack upon Forts Clinton and Montgomery. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1194 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100
    • Contributor: Wangenheim, Friedrich Adam Julius Von
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the attack of Fort Clinton and Montgomery which where... Scale ca. 1:21,120. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1195 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Searched 3-26-96 ga16
    • Contributor: Hills, John
    • Date: 1782-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the attack of the Forts Clinton & Montgomery, upon Hu... Scale ca. 1:21,250. Hand colored. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Pictorial map. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1196 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 700
    • Contributor: Hills, John - Faden, William
    • Date: 1784-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of Fort William Henry and camp at Lake George. Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Includes descriptive index to military positions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1121 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
    • Contributor: Eyre, William - Heath, Joseph
    • Date: 1755-01-01
  • Map
    [Sketch map of fortifications in the vicinity of Fort Washing... Relief shown by hachures. In German. Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Carroll B. Cox, Dana Point, Calif.; 1997. From the Johann Carl Philipp von Krafft papers in LC Manuscript Division. Pen-and-ink. Watermark (unclear--mostly torn away at upper edge). Sheet cut/torn from larger sheet; missing small sections at edges; has vertical fold line at center. Includes unidentified handwritten numbered list (referring to Fort Knyphausen, also...
    • Contributor: Krafft, Johann Carl Philipp Von
    • Date: 1781-01-01
  • Map
    [Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of ... Scale ca. 1:10,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows military unit members. "No. 31." Stamped on label on verso: Montresor. Includes table "Cantoonments between Fort Knypehausen and McGowans Pass." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1167 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Montrésor, John
    • Date: 1778-01-01
  • Map
    Reconnoissance, juillet 1781. Scale ca. 1:18,400; 700 t[oises] = 75 mm. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Reconnoissance juillet 1781. Ouvrages et redoutes-Morisania [continent] îles de New York, Montresor et Buchanan. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications on "Isle de New York" in vicinity of Hell Gate. LC Maps...
    • Date: 1781-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the progress of His Majesty's armies in New York, duri... Scale ca. 1:316,800. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. From the Gentleman's magazine, v. 46, suppl. for 1776. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 730/2
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    [Manuscript map of British and American troop positions in th... Covers present-day New York City vicinity including Staten Island, Palisades area (N.J.), New Rochelle (N.Y.), and Jamaica Bay. Shows troop positions, fortifications, ship anchorage areas, roads, built-up areas, villages, and agricultural field areas. Relief shown by shading, hachures, and landform drawings. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title devised by cataloger. Map appears to be a composite copied from the DesBarres sheets of the...
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    An accurate plan of the country between New York and Philadel...
    Bataille sur la route de New-York à Philadelphie en 1777 :
    Shows positions of British (red) and American (blue) forces along the major highways between New York City and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. At foot of title: Extracted from the Gazette of Tuesday, Feb'y 25th 1777. "Published as the Act directs March 3d 1777 by S. Pyle, Angel Court, Snow Hill--price 6d." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Includes distance table. Available also through...
    • Contributor: Pyle, Stephen
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    A Plan of Fort Ontario built at Oswego in 1759. Scale ca. 1:2,450. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. Copied from the original map in British archives: Brit. Mus. ms. class. no.; [Amer. & W. I., vol. 92, p. 173 of transcript. Shows the positions of Fort Rascal and of the old fort of Oswego, both of which had been demolished before 1759. Includes text, "Explanations," and "Profile & section thro'...
    • Date: 1900-01-01
  • Map
    Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique : pris par les fr... Engraved map of the British fortifications at the mouth of the Oswego River (now in city of Oswego, N.Y.) as depicted by the French. Shows military actions taken in the capture of Fort Oswego (August 1756). Relief shown by shading and rock drawings. This map originally appeared in the atlas "Les plans de la guerre de sept ans" issued in parts between 1789 and...
    • Contributor: Therbu, L. - Cöntgen, G. J. (Georg Joseph)
    • Date: 1756-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by ...
    Plan of Carillon or Ticonderoga | Position de l'armée ennemie proche le Lac Champlain le 24. 8.[bre?] 1777
    Shows military installations and British troop positions in the vicinity of Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.) at the time of the Battle of Saratoga (Oct. 1777). Relief shown by hachures. Parts of index in mixed English and French. Pen-and-ink, watercolors, and wash. Sectioned (to 16 panels) and mounted on cloth backing to fold to ca. 21 x 14 cm. Includes note, index of "Position of the...
    • Contributor: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier - Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    Project for the attack of Ticonderoga, proposed to be put in ... Scale ca. 1:15,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index to military positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2
    • Contributor: Brasier, William
    • Date: 1759-01-01
  • Map
    A Map of Ticonderoga with the old and new lines and batteries, Scale ca. 1:2,300. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1175 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command... Scale ca. 1:85,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Includes descriptive notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1054 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 651/2; 651/3
    • Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command... Scale ca. 1:84,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. LC Copy 1 on verso: Plan of operations at New York. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1055 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 650/3; 700/1
    • Contributor: Sauthier, Claude Joseph - Faden, William
    • Date: 1777-01-01
  • Map
    [Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and ... Scale ca. 1:160,000. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows British and Hessian troop positions in eastern Bergen County, New Jersey and Bronx, New York. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1265 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1776-01-01
  • Map
    [Zehn Karten und Ansichten den Schlachtfelden des amerikanisc... Relief shown by hachures on some maps and by landform drawings on some views. Individual map/view titles in German; statements of attribution in Latin. Statements of attribution differ: Ioh. Martin Will excudit Aug. Vind. -- Ioh. Martin Will. excud. Aug. Vind. -- Ioh. Mart. Will exc. Aug. Vind. Title devised by cataloger. Orientation differs. Includes index to military points of interest. Some maps also...
    • Contributor: Will, Johann Martin
    • Date: 1777-01-01