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Map An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate to the present war on the continent of North America.

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Title

  • An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate to the present war on the continent of North America.

Names

  • Langdon, Samuel, 1723-1797.

Created / Published

  • 1756 [i.e. 1757]

Headings

  • -  New Hampshire--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Vermont--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  New Hampshire--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Vermont--Administrative and political divisions--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--New Hampshire
  • -  United States--Vermont

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
  • -  Prime meridian: London.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Shows "Fort William Henry taken & demolished by the French A:D: 1757."
  • -  Includes inscription to "His Excellency Benning Wentworth, Eqr., His Majesty's Governor," numerous historical and descriptive notes and inset "A general map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal, to Lake Ontario, & the country westward from lake Champlain to the late English fort at Oswege," ca. 1:2,500,000.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 869
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 100; 651/1; 651/2; 651/3; 651/4

Medium

  • col. map 68 x 71 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3740 1757 .L3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71000597

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Langdon, Samuel. An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate to the present war on the continent of North America. [i.e. 1757, 1757] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000597/.

APA citation style:

Langdon, S. (1757) An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate to the present war on the continent of North America. [i.e. 1757] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000597/.

MLA citation style:

Langdon, Samuel. An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England & all the adjacent country northward to the River St. Lawrence, & eastward to Penobscot Bay, containing the principal places which relate to the present war on the continent of North America. [i.e. 1757, 1757] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71000597/>.