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Map of Monongahela River, 1755 (Pennsylvania, USA) 1755 or later
Black and brown ink on paper, laid down on linen | Scale: not stated. 1:1,000,000 approx. (scale) | RCIN 731063
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A map of the route taken by the British troops between Fort Cumberland and Lake Erie, 1755. French and Indian War (1754-63). Oriented with north-west to top. A rough, small-scale sketch marking the river crossings and settlements along the route.
Additional text: [bottom left:] NB. The Prick’d Line / from Fort Cumberland / to Lake Erie is the / comon rout of all / Travellers. [Right centre, in red ink:] NB. The Red Lines show where the English / Troops passed and repassed the Monongahela / according to the best advices receiv’d / on the 25th of August 1755.Provenance
Probably from the collection of military and naval maps and prints formed by Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), third son of George II; subsequently acquired by George III (1738-1820)
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Black and brown ink on paper, laid down on linen
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Scale: not stated. 1:1,000,000 approx. (scale)
38.8 x 25.4 cm (image and sheet) (image)
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watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a '4' suspending the letters L V G below
annotation: Old heading: Road between Fort Cumberland and Lake Erie with the passage of the Monongahela in 1755. Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, some calculations in black pencil]. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 12/59-2; [bottom left, black pencil:] XV/13. [top left, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] March Route Erie; [bottom, ink, obscured by linen and illegible.]
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Monongahela A drawn Sketch of the Road between Fort Cumberland and Lake Erie with the passage of the Monongahela River by the English Troops in 1755.
