A SKETCH of FORT DU QUESNE how it was before the Enemy abandont and distryd it taken from a survey of Cap.t Gordon's

Gordon, Harry, -1787

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies

[1758]

Scale approximately 1:600

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• Fortification--Pennsylvania--Fort Duquesne--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Pennsylvania--Fort Duquesne--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Fort Duquesne (Pa.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

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1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 42 x 66 cm

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• Oriented with north to the right of the page.
• A note at upper left reads, "about 350 yards from the Fort Stands the New Fort upon this Banck", suggesting a date of production after 1758 when Fort Du Quesne was burned.
• Shows hornwork extending from the fort, "This Horn Work was filled on with Building's Consisting of Store houses ovens and Barrak's".
• Shows scale bars at centre; "Scale to the Plan" of 50 feet to an inch and "Scale to the Profill" of 20 feet to an inch.
• Shows 2Profil trought a.b" at upper right.
• Shows lettered key at lower left identifying the Governor's house, the kitchen, the Powder Magazine and the barracks.
• Shows "MONOUNGAHELA RIVER" and "OHIO RIVER".
• Copy at Add Ms 57,714.12. Bound in R.U.S.I. Vol LXXIX. Shows manuscript addition of "12" in pencil at lower right. Shows "A 41" in pencil at lower right and "A 30/65" at upper right. Laid on archival tissue. Green circular label to verso shows "42". White label to verso shows "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to verso shows "A 30/65". Paper watermark shows a shield containing a fleur de lys.