COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
31705
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31705
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Record number:
31705-2
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31705-2
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JCB call number:
D789 A537t
jcb_call_no
D789 A537t
JCB call number
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Image title:
A View of a Saw Mill & Block House upon Fort Anne Creek, the property of Genl. Skeene. ...
image_title
A View of a Saw Mill & Block House upon Fort Anne Creek, the property of Genl. Skeene. ...
Image title
false
Place image published:
London
place_image_published
London
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
W. Lane, Leadenhall Street
image_publisher
W. Lane, Leadenhall Street
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1789
image_date
1789
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 350
image_function
fold-out plate; vol. 1, following p. 350
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
17.7 cm.
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17.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
22.7 cm.
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22.7 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
21.3 cm.
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21.3 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
25.6 cm.
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25.6 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
English
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English
Languages
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Description:
View of a saw mill and block house or fortification beside a river. Also includes waterfall, bridge, and pile of wooden pallets. In the foreground a group of native Americans smoke a pipe and two European soldiers stand near a gun or musket.
description
View of a saw mill and block house or fortification beside a river. Also includes waterfall, bridge, and pile of wooden pallets. In the foreground a group of native Americans smoke a pipe and two European soldiers stand near a gun or musket.
Description
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Source creator:
Anburey, Thomas
source_creator
Anburey, Thomas
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false
Source Title:
Travels through the interior part of America. In a series of letters. By an officer ... Vol. I.
source_title
Travels through the interior part of America. In a series of letters. By an officer ... Vol. I.
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false
Source place of publication:
London
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London
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false
Source publisher:
Printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street
source_publisher
Printed for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street
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false
Source date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
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MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
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notes:
General John Burgoyne, leading a force of some some 9,000 men, including about 4,200 British regulars, 4,000 German troops, and several hundred Canadians and native Americans embarked from Canada, on June 17, 1777. In July 1777, this mill and blockhouse used as a temporary headquarters for the American forces under General Philip Schuyler were burned to keep them out of the hands of the British.
notes
General John Burgoyne, leading a force of some some 9,000 men, including about 4,200 British regulars, 4,000 German troops, and several hundred Canadians and native Americans embarked from Canada, on June 17, 1777. In July 1777, this mill and blockhouse used as a temporary headquarters for the American forces under General Philip Schuyler were burned to keep them out of the hands of the British.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1955.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1955.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
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Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
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Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
subject_heads
Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
subject_heads
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns
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false