Plan of the road and river between Niagara and fort Schlosser with the different posts erected on the communication, by order of Colonel Bradstreet in June 1764.
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- Plan of the road and river between Niagara and fort Schlosser with the different posts erected on the communication, by order of Colonel Bradstreet in June 1764.
- Alternate Title
- Inset title: Plan of the principal entrenchment on Mount Pleasant
- Inset title: Plan and profil of one of the redoubts on the carrying place, all the same construction
- Inset title: Plan of the post on Navy Island
- Inset title: Plan of the post building above the rapids call'd Fort Erie
- Date
- 1764.
- Creator
- Ratzer, Bernard.
- Notes
- Digitization note: Due to its large size, this item was scanned in sections, stitched together, and edited.
- Below scale bar: Survey'd by Lieut: Ratzer.
- Finished, colored, topographical map showing the Niagara River from Fort Niagara to about one mile inside the gorge and detailing the road and fortification system of the Niagara portage as it was in the summer of 1764.
- Insets provide detail of fortifications along the portage.
- See Gage Papers, Ratzer to Gage, July 10, 1764.
- Names and Subjects
- Pontiac's Conspiracy, 1763-1765--Maps, Manuscript.
- Manuscript maps.
- Maps shelf.
- Gage Maps.
- Brun Guide.
- Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)--Manuscript maps.
- Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)--Manuscript maps.
- Fort Erie (Ont.)--Manuscript maps.
- Navy Island (Ont.)--Manuscript maps.
- New York (State)--Manuscript maps.
- Ontario--Manuscript maps.
- Collection Title
- Thomas Gage papers
- Collection Creator
- Gage, Thomas, 1721-1787
- ID
- 831
- Barcode
- B2844448
- Physical Description
- 1 ms. map : col. ; 33.4 x 125 cm.
- Map Scale
- Scale 1:24,000.
- Sponsor
- Digitized through a gift from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2019-07-18 19:25:19
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
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- 21163 x 5581
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- 4 MB
- Record
- 831
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