[Manuscript plan of the Battle of Plattsburgh, New York].
Shows buildings, fortifications, bodies of water, and line of ships in bay. Relief shown by hachures. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink (black/dark brown) and lead-pencil shading for bodies of water. Oriented with north slightly to the lower right. Folded to 9 x 17 cm. to be sent as a missive. Accompanied by ms. statistical table: Report of military clothing recieved [sic] for the use...
A survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point, and St. John.
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:
Brasier, William - Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Jackson
Date:1776
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
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
Map
A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys, with the frontiers of New York and New England;
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
[Manuscript map of British and American troop positions in the New York City region at the time of the Battle of Long Island (Aug.-Sept. 1776)].
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
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
Map
[Plan of the country at and in the vicinity of Forts Lee and Independency, showing the position of the British Army.
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
Attaques des forts de Chouaguen en Amérique : pris par les français commandé par le marquis de Montcalm le 14 août 1756
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
Map
An accurate plan of the country between New York and Philadelphia : with the dispositions of the forces.
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
Map
Battle of Bennington, Aug. 16, 1777.
Scale 1:31,680; 1/2 mile to an inch. Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (brown) on tracing paper. "Map 5" in different hand and ink. "Traced from Sparks papers, Harvard Libr., vol. 28, by J[ohn] B[igelow] Jr." The greater part of the Battle of Bennington took place in Rensselaer County (N.Y. State) to the west of Bennington (Vt.) and a smaller part in the state of Vermont immediately northwest...
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'...
Plan of Carillon ou [sic] Ticonderoga : which was quitted by the Americaines in the night from the 5th to the 6th of July 1777
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:
Capitaine Du Chesnoy, Michel - Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier
Date:1777
Map
Orange County before 1810
Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. Relief shown pictorially. "Buildings marked * are standing in 1935." "Copyright Jan. 1, 1936." LC Land ownership maps, 536 Includes numerous historical notes in map area, inset of "approximate location of original patents", illustration (bust) of George Washington, illustration of "Delaware Chief Cahoonzie", 3 illustrations of Revolutionary War generals, and...
Contributor:
Peet, Annie Olmstead - Smith, Roscoe William
Fort Washington, head of Harlem River.
Scale not given. Manuscript; pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows military troop positions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
