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Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 Plan of Fort Montgomery and Fort Clinton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01850 Author/Creator: Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824 Place Written: London, England Type: Map Date: 1779 Pagination: 1 map Height: 54 cm, Width: 79 cm Order a Copy

From the Atlantic Neptune. Engraved and tinted map showing the Hudson River by Anthony's Nose with the Americans' chains across the river. Plate no. 19. (The map mistakenly calls the mountain "St. Anthony's Nose.") Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 54.

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

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