Wholesale A Plan of Fort Ontario Built at Oswego In 1759 1900

Old map of Fort Ontario, New York, New York (State), Oswego, United States. * Scale ca. 1:2,450. * Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. * Has watermark. * Relief shown pictorially. * Copied from the original map in British archives: Brit. Mus. ms. class. no.; [Amer. & W. I., vol. 92, p. 173 of transcript. * Shows the positions of Fort Rascal and of the old fort of Oswego, both of which had been demolished before 1759. * Includes text, "Explanations," and "Profile & section thro' A, B," ca. 1:120. * On verso, in ink: Endorsed. Plan of Fort Ontario at Oswego, the first intended figure was a square, it has been changed to a pentagone, from the report of the engineer, that it would best suit the ground. * On verso, in pencil: Rec'd. May 11, 1908, B.F.S.B.B.