COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
31267
File Name:
31267-000
Call number:
Cabinet Cc780 /1 Ms
Map title:
Plan of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, including Mount Hope, and shewing the rebel works & batteries, as they were when His Majesty's troops took possession of them on 6th July 1777, expressing also the encampment of the British on the 5th instant, with the extensive communication which was made in one day, for the transport of the heavy artillery from the 3 Miles Point to the proposed batteries, including likewise Sugar Hill, where a battery of 4 12 pounders would have been ready to open on the 6th at noon
Place of Publication:
S.l.
Publication date:
[ca. 1780]
Map size height:
69 cm.
Map size width:
99 cm.
Item description:
Manuscript map, colored
Geographical description:
Manuscript battle plan of the area around Ticonderoga, Mount Independence, Sugar Hill, and Mount Hope in New York. References to Ticonderoga, A-Q; Mount Independence, a-s; Sugar Hill, t-x; Mount Hope, R-T. At lower left: "Surveyed & drawn by Lieut. Charles Wintersmith assistt: engr. by order of Lieutenant Twiss commandg engineer."
References:
JCBAR 53:45-47
Geographic Area:
North America
Historical notes:
This map was produced to show the state of the forts after General Arthur St. Clair of the Continental Army abandoned them to the superior British forces of General John Burgoyne.
Normalized date:
1780
LC bibliographic number:
b53961006
Creator:
Wintersmith, Charles
Plan of Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, including Mount Hope, and shewing the rebel wo...
